The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act

What would happen if we did not have the Cybersecurity Act? If we did not have cybersecurity protection then hackers would easily be able to get important information that we need to protect ourselves, and the country, if there were to be very important information leaked to either cyber-criminals, terrorists or hackers then multiple people or America itself may be in trouble. Many businesses, trade groups, government officials, and civil liberty groups will be protected by the Cybersecurity Act, also it gives people, the government, and money more privacy then they have already. The overall goal of CISA (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act) is to improve information sharing in the hopes of preventing cyber-attacks

While reading this case analysis, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act came into discussion as an underlying factor in Weihardt’s decision. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was enacted for the purpose of making it unlawful for certain classes of persons and entities to make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business. This practice applies to Weinhardt in the fact that he was given the opportunity to give Lee a bribe to obtain Lees’ business.

is one of the several United States Uniform Acts proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to provide a legal framework for the use of electronic signatures and records in government or business transactions. UETA makes electronic records and signatures as legal as paper and manually signed signatures.

The Statute of Frauds acts as a sort of life insurance for permanent or relatively long term agreements. The portion of the Statute examined herein deals solely with “transfers of real property other than a lease of less than one year’s duration” and the argument is made that the Statute should be extended to include leases less than one year’s duration despite the additional required time, effort and cost. Issues of trespassing, neglect, adverse possession and disputed arguments of sale are identified and the effects of the notions are analyzed though the lens of the Statute’s expectations and requirements for viability. The effects of this specific portion of the Statute of Frauds will be examined in regards

There was a man name Marcus Hutchins. Hutchins was a young British researcher. Marcus was charge with wrecking a global cyberattack. The crime Hutchins cause was a program called malware. Malware effects web browsers. When Marcus was on his way back from an annual gathering of hackers, he was put away in Las Vegas. On Hutchins court date the grand jury says Hutchins was charged with creating and distributing malware. The name of the malware was Kronos banking Trojan. Jake Williams was a man that works with Marcus Hutchins with different projects. He found it hard to believe that Marcus was guilty. Hutchins spent the night in Las Vegas in federal custody.

The Computer Matching and Privacy Act 1988 was sponsor by senate Cohen William – introduced 2-15-1987.

As our technology changes so do we, and so does the world of criminal activities. There are people out there who can steal from you using computers and the internet. What do we have that can protect us from these types of criminal actions? There several different laws that protect U.S. citizens from cybercrime, one that comes to mind is The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). There are seven subsections, but we are going to focus on Subsection 1030. Subsection 1030 is theft of finical information, this law protects citizens from cyber trespassing, threats, damage, and fraud (Cornell Law School, 2017). This law protects citizens from hackers stealing their money, or causing a lot of economic damage.

Free speech is a crucial part of The United States’ foundation in history, we fought for our First Amendment rights and continue to fight for them every day. That is why the suppression and censorship of the press is so important during World War II. The censorship of the Fu-Go bombs, although not ideal, was for the greater good of America winning the war. This was an instance where censorship was done for the overall benefit of the people, but when censorship is taken too far it can have extreme repercussions.

In 1986, Congress enacted the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). This act has been amended numerous times, up until even recently in January of 2015 when President Obama brought forth a proposal to expand the CFAA in his attempt to modernize law enforcement authorities to combat cyber crime. This act has 7 different prohibitions. In the 2014 case, Facebook, Inc. v. Grunin, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was brought into question. The prohibition that was violated includes that relating to the act of accessing to defraud and obtain value. The cyber and financial crimes of young trading consultant, Martin Grunin pinned him against this act as well as bringing upon many other legal questions. Facebook, Inc. v. Grunin demonstrates a breach of contract, a violation of California Penal Code, fraud, and a demand for jury trial.

The Electronic Communication Privacy Act,1986 was initially n amendment of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Title III) which was also referred to as Wiretap Statute. This was an act that was intended to stop government illegal access to the private electronic communications.

Computer viruses are minute program which is “embedded inside an application or within a data file which can copy itself into another program“(Adams et al, 2008 ) for the sole determination of meddling with normal computer operations. The consequences may range from corruption and deletion of data; propagation of virus on to network and deployment through attachments through emails in order to further creating havoc to all associated computing devices.

By the year of 2016, investments in online security are expected to reach $86bn (Contu et al, 2012). Although this might seem a large sum of money, it is considered necessary since there is an increase in online risks from all over the world. Professional hackers develop malware on a global scale and on a 24/7 basis. Hackers have five objectives when spreading malware over the Internet: to infect/distribute, to steal, to persist, to control and for intelligence (Morris, 2010).

Just like a biological virus, a computer virus is able to infect and ruin lives. This malicious software constitutes more than just simple viruses but also includes other types of software including worms, Trojan horses, and ransomware. Malware has been around since the late 1980’s. Originally, people became hackers to gain notoriety online, but today, it has become more of a business. Cyber attacks originate from all around the world, and it is not just individual people that benefit from it. In two decades, numerous cyber crime syndicates have been created, and states all over the world sponsor hacker groups. Over the past twenty-five years, malware has become less about checking the integrity of computer security and gaining notoriety in the underground cyber society, and it has become more of a chaos creating, money making business that many people and institutions take part in.

As the world becomes more and more reliant on computers the computer hacking industry is greatly rising. With people such as Kevin Mitnick, who is known as a "computer terrorist" (Kjochaiche 1), computerized information isn't safe any more. Kevin is known as "the most high-profiled computer criminal and responsible for more havoc in the computer world today."(1) He considered this a fun and easy task. He got caught and thrown into prison, but once he got out nothing changed. Kevin stated that as long as the technology is there it just calls to people to break into it. Computer hackers usually start off young, thinking that it is nothing but a little harmless fun. But as they get older, they realize it has turned into

One of the early viruses that hit social media was called Koobface in the 2000s, although it was not the first, it was the first to be so widespread. It managed to attack Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Friendster and other popular social networking sites at the time. Koobface is a computer worm that spreads via social networking sites. A computer worm is a self-replicating worm that has the ability to copy itself from machine to machine. Koobface knew how to create its own social networking account and would post links to spread it further. The link takes the user to either a fake Youtube or Facebook, but will stall saying the user needs to download the new version of Adobe’s Flash Player installed in order to continue. Once the user proceeds to install, they are infected. The infection allows the attacker to access the user’s personal information such as banking details, passwords or personal identity. Additionally, Koobface generated profit through pay-by-click and traffic referral schemes. They were also able to trick users into paying for fake antivirus software. (11)