The federal computer fraud and abuse statute, 18 U.S.C. 1030,
outlaws conduct that victimises computer systems. It is a computer
security law. It protects federal computers, bank computers, and
computers connected to the Internet. It shields them from
trespassing, threats, damage, espionage, and from being corruptly
used as instruments of fraud. It is not a comprehensive provision,
but instead it fills crack and gaps in the protection afforded by
other federal criminal laws. This is a brief sketch of section 1030
and some of its federal statutory companions. Subsection 1030(b)
makes it a crime to attempt to commit any of these offences.
Subsection 1030(c) catalogues the penalties for committing them,
penalties that range from imprisonment for not more than a year for
simple cyberspace trespassing to a maximum of life imprisonment
when death results from intentional computer damage. Subsection
1030(d) preserves the investigative authority of the Secret
Service. Subsection 1030(e) supplies common definitions. Subsection
1030(f) disclaims any application to otherwise permissible law
enforcement activities. Subsection 1030(g) creates a civil cause of
action of victims of these crimes.
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