Ryanair said that Booking.com violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by using online travel agents to scrape its computer programs. Scraping uses automated systems to enter into and use a website to search and book flights sold to customers. Ryanair said that it was damaged by Booking.com’s scraping, which interrupted service to its website and data and caused the airline to spend funds to prevent unauthorized activity.
A jury found that Booking.com knowingly defrauded Ryanair in ...
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