Government
Feb. 26, 2014
Anti-hacking law needs further clarification, defense lawyers say
Recent cases have led many defense attorneys to argue that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act needs to better define hacking, worried that a broad reading could expose everyday citizens to charges for activities considered relatively benign.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Passed in 1986, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act aimed to prevent computer hacking at a time when personal computers were relatively new on the scene and the World Wide Web had yet to be conceived. Since then, efforts to interpret the law have raised questions about how to apply it to today's rapidly evolving online environment. Many experts agree that the law needs to better define hacking, and some worry...
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