Adafruit Receives Legal Demand From Flux.ai via Fenwick & West — Invokes CFAA, Pauses Blog Publishing

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Adafruit disclosed that it received a demand letter on May 22 from Jonathan F. Lenzner (former FBI chief of staff, now Fenwick & West partner) on behalf of AI PCB design startup Flux.ai, asserting CFAA violations and demanding Adafruit refrain from publishing an article about Flux's intellectual property and user claims. Adafruit contends it accessed only information that Flux's own server misconfiguration made publicly available as part of responsible disclosure. The 256-point, 88-comment HN thread reflects developer community concern about legal threats suppressing security research.