can you go to jail for hacking facebook account?

[Lina Adams]

my friend hacked her ex boyfriend facebook but she didnt do anything big! she just read his email twice and then she stop doing it! now she's scared! will she go to jail for that?

[John-paul Hanson]

It violates Federal Laws of internet hacking, so if she's caught, she can be in some big trouble.

**O wait you're in the UK never mind lol idk the laws there*

[Matt]

It depends what they did on it, it'd have to be something extreme though, and if your friends ex told her his password then it's his own fault really.

[James]

no, u wont get jail for that

[Frankie Boyle]

you mean u did ye stalker

[kyle]

You can probably go to jail and get a fine. It's an invasion of privacy.

[ItachisXeyes]

yes acutally. in the USA its a federal offense. and in other countries its a similar level of crime.

[deezenutzny]

I hardly doubt it you "hack" it, if you was that talented you would not be asking that question, you Phished his information, for the most part you will not go to jail.

Phishing is a fraudulent attempt, usually made through email, to steal your personal information. The best way to protect yourself from phishing is to learn how to recognize a phish.
Phishing emails usually appear to come from a well-known organization and ask for your personal information — such as credit card number, social security number, account number or password. Often times phishing attempts appear to come from sites, services and companies with which you do not even have an account.
In order for Internet criminals to successfully "phish" your personal information, they must get you to go from an email to a website. Phishing emails will almost always tell you to click a link that takes you to a site where your personal information is requested. Legitimate organizations would never request this information of you via email.

[BLAKE]

if you change it and say their gay then yes

[Naahema Kissi]

I don't know.