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Ford wants its cars connected to the Internet. By now we all know from my previous post on United States v. Kramer that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act applies to anything with a microchip or data processor that is connected to the Internet. So, the question I have is, if someone steals one of these …
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A jurisdictional threshold to bringing a civil Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim is that the plaintiffs satisfy the $5,000 loss requirement–generally only costs constitute a loss–not economic damages or violated privacy rights. If you were at the Continuing Legal Education seminar I presented this past Monday, you’ve already heard this, right? You also heard …
Title: “The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: A Lunch Sampler With Something For Everyone” Presenter: Shawn E. Tuma When: 12:00 Noon on Monday, August 22, 2011 Where: The Belo Mansion (Dallas Bar Association) More information? CLE Events: Computer, Securities | Dallas Bar Association The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of the Computer Fraud …
The following is an abstract of my latest law review article that is being published by the University of South Carolina Law Review.The title of the article is “What Does CFAA Mean and Why Should I Care?”–A Primer on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for Civil Litigators. It should be out in the late …
A deputy constable was indicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for wrongfully accessing the state computer system to perform license plate checks after he had been bribed to provide protection for a drug carrying vehicle. This occurred in Laredo, Texas which will fall within the 5th Circuit’s United States v. John precedent and, therefore, …
There are many proposals floating around Capitol Hill that will purport to beef up our nation’s current cybercrime laws, first and foremost the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. I have recently read two very good articles that do a nice job of explaining many of the inadequacies of the proposed legislation and is well worth …
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Sharing or borrowing login credentials to a paid website or online account in a way that is prohibited by the site’s Terms of Service could get you into trouble for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This is what is alleged in the case KWG Partners, LLC v. Jeremy Sigel, JNS Reality, John Does …
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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a full committee hearing on updating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act at 10:00 AM on August 3, 2011. The hearing can be viewed by webcast through this LINK. The title of the hearing is “Cybercrime: Updating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to Protect Cyberspace and …
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BEWARE: if you create a fake login to access and obtain information from a website you could be violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This is what was alleged in a lawsuit against AtHomeNet, Inc. in the lawsuit Associateionvoice, Inc. v. AtHomeNet, Inc. Ultimately the parties reached a settlement that led to the entry …
Professor Orin Kerr is certainly one of the leading authorities on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In a recent blog post he provides an excellent analysis of how the hacking scandal involving the English newspaper “News of the World” may have violated the United State’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act law even though it …
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