Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502915443)

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. 1030, outlaws conduct that victimizes computer systems. It is a cyber 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 cracks and gaps in the protection afforded by other federal criminal laws. This is a brief sketch of CFAA and some of its federal statutory companions, including the amendments found in the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act, P.L. 110-326, 122 Stat. 3560 (2008). This report is available in abbreviated form-without the footnotes, citations, quotations, or appendixes found in this report-under the title CRS Report RS20830, Cybercrime: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 1030 and Related Federal Criminal Laws, by Charles Doyle.

Author: Congressional Research Service
ISBN-10: 1502915448
ISBN-13: 9781502915443
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2014
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d