Name
Code sections
Actions targeted
Criminal penalty
information
282 (3) damaging a government
computer, a bank computer, or a computer used
in, or affecting, interstate
or foreign commerce
283
(4) committing fraud an
integral part of which
involves unauthorized
access to a government
computer, a bank computer, or a computer used
in, or affecting, interstate
or foreign commerce
284
(5) threatening to damage a government computer, a bank computer,
or a computer used in, or
affecting, interstate or
foreign commerce
285
(6) trafficking in passwords for a government
computer, or when the
trafficking affects interstate or foreign commerce
286 (7) accessing a
computer to commit
espionage
287
from intentional computer damage
288
(continued)
282 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2).
283 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(5).
284 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(4).
285 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(7).
286 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(6).
287 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(1).
288 Doyle (2014).
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Code sections
Actions targeted
Criminal penalty
information
282 (3) damaging a government
computer, a bank computer, or a computer used
in, or affecting, interstate
or foreign commerce
283
(4) committing fraud an
integral part of which
involves unauthorized
access to a government
computer, a bank computer, or a computer used
in, or affecting, interstate
or foreign commerce
284
(5) threatening to damage a government computer, a bank computer,
or a computer used in, or
affecting, interstate or
foreign commerce
285
(6) trafficking in passwords for a government
computer, or when the
trafficking affects interstate or foreign commerce
286 (7) accessing a
computer to commit
espionage
287
from intentional computer damage
288
(continued)
282 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2).
283 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(5).
284 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(4).
285 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(7).
286 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(6).
287 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(1).
288 Doyle (2014).
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