IBM in Washington DC with a law firm accusing Big Blue and an unknown employee of hacking into it and its clients’ email.

A remarkable case has started against IBM in Washington DC with a law firm accusing Big Blue and an unknown employee of hacking into it and its clients’ email. Butera & Andrews is a law firm based in DC, and the case is being brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act and the Electronic Communication Privacy Act. The firm said in its allegation that an employee suspected last October or November that the email server, contracted out to Virginian firm Sierra Corporation, had been compromised.