The federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) was intended to be an anti-hacking criminal statute to go after people who hack into databases and computer systems without authorization to misappropriate data. However, certain prosecutors have attempted to expand their powers under the Act and use the Computer Fraud and…
A crime that is not commonly charged but still exists in Florida deals with a person accessing a computer without authorization to take trade secrets or other confidential data. This came up in a recent criminal case after the defendant was charged with accessing her company’s client list, downloading it…
With computer crimes becoming more prevalent as more people obtain computers and similar networking devices, state and federal governments are enacting new laws to respond to the increasing number of crimes. The Obama administration recently announced a new proposed law dealing with various cyber security issues. The new law would…
A hacker gained access to the computer network at the University of Florida which contains the personal information of approximately 97,000 people, according to an article on News4Jax.com. The University of Florida initiated an investigation after the data breach was discovered, but it was not clear if the personal information…
Heartland Payment Systems is a credit card processing company that handles 100 million credit card transactions per month. They recently went public with the fact that their network was breached and unauthorized access was gained to those credit card transactions. The company did not know, or did not disclose, which…