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Breaking a limit placed on a test may be sufficient cause for your client to take legal actions against you.
As an ethical hacker, you need to be aware of the law and how it affects what you will do. Ignorance or lack of an understanding of the law is not only a bad idea, but it can quickly put you out of business, or even in prison. In fact, under some situations the crime may be serious enough to get you prosecuted in several jurisdictions in different states, counties, or even countries due to the highly distributed nature of the Internet.
As an ethical hacker, you need to be aware of the law and how it affects what you will do. Ignorance or lack of an understanding of the law is not only a bad idea, but it can quickly put you out of business, or even in prison. In fact, under some situations the crime may be serious enough to get you prosecuted in several jurisdictions in different states, counties, or even countries due to the highly distributed nature of the Internet.