Regarding the actions taken by the San Diego 10th-grader as described in this chapter’s opening scenario, was this youngster acting illegally? (You may want to look ahead in the text to Chapter 12 regarding the applicable laws.) If, in fact, she did not break any laws, was the purposeful damage to another via malware infection an unethical action? If not, why not?

Questions:

Regarding the actions taken by the second-shift operator, was his oversight in running the routine update of the malware pattern file a violation of law? Was it a violation of policy? Was the mistake an ethical lapse?