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Van Buren v. United States, 593 U.S. 374 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and its definition of "exceeds authorized access" in relation to one intentionally accessing a computer system they have authorization to access.
United States v. Morris was an appeal of the conviction of Robert Tappan Morris for creating and releasing the Morris worm, one of the first Internet-based worms.This case resulted in the first conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
In United States of America v.Aaron Swartz, Aaron Swartz, an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist, was prosecuted for multiple violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA), after downloading academic journal articles through the MIT computer network from a source for which he had an account as a Harvard research fellow.
The only computers, in theory, covered by the CFAA are defined as "protected computers".They are defined under section to mean a computer: . exclusively for the use of a financial institution or the United States Government, or any computer, when the conduct constituting the offense affects the computer's use by or for the financial institution or the government; or
Apr. 26—JEFFERSON — John Radwancky was scheduled to be arraigned on a trio of felonies at 1:30 p.m. on Monday. According to court records, bond was set at $10,000 personal recognizance, with ...
Ivanov's crimes were not limited to Connecticut. He was also prosecuted and convicted in Washington, [8] New Jersey, [9] and California [10] for similar crimes. In total, Ivanov was tried in five district courts, more than any other case listed on the United States Department of Justice listing of computer crimes. [11]
Microsoft Corp., was heard by the Court on February 27, 2018, with a ruling originally expected by the end of the Court's term in June 2018. [20] While the case was being decided by the Supreme Court, Congress introduced the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act ("CLOUD Act") shortly after the oral hearings. Among other provisions, the ...
A ransomware attack has shut down the computer system of the largest trial court in the country, officials with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County said. ... Nearly 1.2 million cases were ...