Unauthorized Access or Exceeding Authorization to a Computer

Primer on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Related Statutes

(1) having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access, ... not authorized to access at all.486 By.

Supreme Court Limits Scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Among other things, the CFAA subjects to criminal penalty anyone who “intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds ...

When Do You 'Exceed' Your Authorization to Use Computer Data?

(a) Accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic device with knowledge that such access is ...

Panel 1: “What is Unauthorized Access: Part 1” -

These results support the notion that norms surrounding “authorization” and computer use align with the CFAA's imposition of felony punishments: ...

If a person knowingly accesses a government computer without ...

This is a law that deems it illegal to access protected computers without authorization or in excess of authorization. Additionally, access ...

How to Use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | Baker Donelson

§ 1030(a)(4). The CFAA defines a "protected computer" as one that is used in interstate or foreign commerce, i.e. any laptop or computer ...

18 U.S.C. § 1030(a) - Casetext

Knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer without authorization, or exceeds authorized access, and by means of such conduct furthers ...

The Case to Update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | CLB

... unauthorized access—or exceeding authorized access—to protected computers and networks.”[2] Congress passed the original CFAA bill in 1984 ...

Do Terms of Service Have the Force of Criminal Law? SCOTUS To ...

United States were busy briefing the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(C)'s prohibition on “exceed[ing] unauthorized access, and thereby obtain[ ...

The 2024 Florida Statutes - Online Sunshine

Intentionally interrupts the transmittal of data to or from, or gains unauthorized access to, a computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic ...

The CFAA reaches the Supreme Court, sort of - The Washington Post

It's clearly possible to exceed authorized access but not access without authorization, see 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(5)(B) (prohibiting the latter but ...

Computer Fraud - State Center Community College District

(1) knowingly accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access ... unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national defense or foreign ...

Computer Fraud - Payne & Fears LLP

The CFAA was first used against people who intentionally (1) accessed a computer they did not have authorization to use and/or (2) exceeded the limits of the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Van Buren v. United ...

The CFAA prohibits two types of activity – unauthorized access ... access a computer or computer system) and activity that “exceeds authorized access.

Understanding the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

Unauthorized Access to ... computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access to obtain information from any protected computer.

Hacking And Unauthorized Access… | Kronenberger Rosenfeld, LLP

The federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) is a criminal statute that also allows for private lawsuits upon violations. If someone has compromised the ...

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. §1030)

... more than 1 year, an element of which is unauthorized access, or exceeding authorized access, to a computer; (11) the term “loss” means any reasonable cost ...

U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh in on Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ...

To exceed authorized access under the CFAA is “to access a computer with authorization and to use such access to obtain or alter information ...

Is My Toaster a Computer? The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's ...

Enacted as an amendment to existing laws addressing computer-related criminal activity,[3]the CFAA prohibits accessing a computer without ...

Hacking Laws and Punishments - FindLaw

The Stored Communications Act · Unauthorized access to stored company emails by employees who exceed the scope of their privilege · The use of ...