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A Michigan man faces prison time for accessing a laptop at his home and reading his wife's email. Leon Walker, 33, was charged with a felony after accessing his wife Clara Walker's email account and discovering she was having an affair, reported the Detroit Free Press. Upon discovering that his wife was communicating with her second husband, who had previously been arrested for beating her in front of her son, Leon Walker turned the emails over to Clara Walker's first husband, the child's father. This led to Leon Walker being charged with hacking—a law typically used for breaking into highly sensitive government or business computers or systems, the newspaper reported. "I have to ask," Walker's attorney Leon Weiss told the paper, "Don't the prosecutors have more important things to do with their time?" Apparently not. Oakland County prosecutor Jessica Cooper described Walker as a "hacker" who used his skills as a computer technic...

Computer hackers and unauthorized informants could face up to 10 years in prison under a proposed state law designed to protect South Carolina military installations from WikiLeaks-type scandals. Charleston Republican Rep. Chip Limehouse announced on Monday that his bill, which will be considered when the legislature reconvenes next month, aims to strengthen the state's laws against computer crimes. The bill also seeks to complement federal laws by imposing additional penalties if classified or confidential information from Shaw Air Force Base, the Marine Corps' Parris Island, or other South Carolina military sites is disclosed. "It will essentially give South Carolina the means to pursue computer criminals," Limehouse said. "Our laws need to keep pace with the evolving digital landscape." Limehouse's bill builds on existing legislation that makes online fraud a felony, punishable by up to a $50,000 fine and five years in prison. Unauthorized public r...