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A cease and desist letter is a "threat" and is not illegal/blackmail/extortion.



It's not a cease and desist letter. It's an extortion attempt to put pressure the alleged hackers to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

It's kind of a tricky gray area where similar demands might be legal, but I do think in this case it should be illegal.


Doesn't matter, I was just using it as an example to disprove the silly point that "threat=blackmail=illegal",

> If it's a threat, then that's literally blackmail.




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