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Analysis of the MBTA's Lawsuit Against Three MIT Students Who Discovered Flaws in the T's Fare System [1]

Submitted by David Ardia on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 21:34

Our very own Tuna Chatterjee is featured this week on the award-winning legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer [2].  Tuna discusses the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) recent lawsuit against three MIT students [3] who discovered significant security flaws in the MBTA's fare system.

Tuna was joined by Marc Randazza [4], a First Amendment attorney and author of the blog The Legal Satyricon [4].  You can hear their excellent analysis of the case here [2].

Jurisdiction: 

  • Massachusetts [5]

Subject Area: 

  • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act [6]

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Source URL (modified on 09/01/2008 - 9:49pm): https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2008/analysis-mbtas-lawsuit-against-three-mit-students-who-discovered-flaws-ts-fare-system

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2008/analysis-mbtas-lawsuit-against-three-mit-students-who-discovered-flaws-ts-fare-system
[2] http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=305
[3] https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2008/court-lifts-gag-order-mit-students
[4] http://randazza.wordpress.com/
[5] https://www.dmlp.org/jurisdiction/united-states/massachusetts
[6] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/computer-fraud-and-abuse-act