I have a few ideas. But, gosh, I'm too close to
those sources to reveal any more at the moment. [irony]
Here's a little quote from
Maryland State Law on that very topic:
"(1) A person may not intentionally, willfully, and without authorization access, attempt to access, cause to be accessed, or exceed the person's authorized access to all or part of a computer network, computer control language, computer, computer software, computer system, computer services, or computer database."
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 146; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]
(2) "Access" means to instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve or intercept data from, or otherwise use the resources of a computer program, computer system, or computer network.
The lawyers would have to confirm, but I think you can't be doing this in some other state to a computer system used in Maryland, even if the computer isn't in MD.