Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
It’s Not the Computer, Stupid. It’s the Information in It. Two Recent Indictments Stretch the Limits of “Theft” of Information.
The legal system persists in framing "computer crime" through the archaic lens of tangible property—theft and conversion—despite the fact that information is non-rivalrous and easily duplicated without depriving the original owner of ...
What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?”
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal ...
Supreme Court Looks at Computer Trespass Meaning
Federal statutes have muddied the waters on the meaning of computer trespass, but a Supreme Court case may clear the air When Congress passed a federal statute on computer fraud in 1984, ...
U.S. Government offers $5 million bounty for information on North Korean cyber criminals
Yesterday, the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Homeland Security, and FBI released a joint report offering guidance on the emerging North Korean (previously known as DPRK) cyber threat, and highlighting the malicious ...
AC/DC Act: Good in Theory, Terrible in Practice
Last month, Georgia Congressman Tom Graves introduced H.R. 4036, the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (AC/DC Act). The legislation would permit certain “victims” of cyberattacks to engage in certain types of “active ...
