Cybercrime: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 1030 and Related Federal Criminal Laws
Charles Doyle · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 2010
This report discusses the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. 1030, which is a cyber security law that outlaws conduct that victimizes computer systems. It protects federal computers, bank computers, and computers connected to the Internet by shielding them from trespassing, threats, damage, espionage, and from being corruptly used as instruments of fraud.