Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
THE COMPUTER FRAUD and Abuse Act, the law that’s been at the heart of almost every controversial hacking case of the past decade, is in the news again this month. Prosecutors recently used the law to convict journalist Matthew Keys on felony hacking charges, drawing rounds of condemnation on the web. Edward Snowden, for one,derided the harsh penalty Keys now faces—a maximum possible sentence of 25 years. But charging Keys with felonies for his role in a crime that critics say should have been considered a misdemeanor—the minor defacement of a Los Angeles Times article—is not an anomaly for the feds. It’s just one among a growing list of contentious cases that critics say illustrate how prosecutors have been overstepping in their use of the CFAA. The government first used the federal anti-hacking statutein 1989, three years after its enactment, to indict Robert Morris, Jr., son of the then-chief scientist at the NSA’s National Computer Security Center. Morris Jr., a graduate student at Cornell University at the time, was charged with creating and unleashing the now-infamous Morris worm. The Morris offspring ultimately fared better than most who have been convicted under the law; he was sentenced to three years probation […]
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