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Guest columnist Amy Greer, a partner at Reed Smith LLP, writes that in its Dorozhko opinion, the Second Circuit stopped short of analyzing the facts, leaving it to the district court to determine whether this hack included a fraudulent misrepresentation. However, this decision vindicates a theory that the SEC has used before, in SEC v. Lohmus Haavel & Viisemann, and given the prevalence of computer hacking, other technology-based frauds, and the SEC’s never-ending challenge to apply decades-old statutes to novel fraudulent schemes, this case represents an important precedent for the agency.