Unauthorized Access or Exceeding Authorization to a Computer
The Computer Fraud Abuse Act (CFAA) is codified as Title 18 U.S.C Section 1030(a), and it lists offenses for federally-prosecuted computer crimes, with the common charges being Unauthorized Access to a Computer and Exceeding Authorization to a Computer. The allegations of accessing a computer without authorization can contain different variations within the charges. These include: (1) with the intent to harm the United States or for the benefit of a foreign country; (2) to obtain protected financial or credit information; (3) with intent to defraud; (4) to intentionally damage a computer; and (5) accessing a computer that is exclusively for government use.
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