New Law for New Offenses in Cyberspace: Unauthorized Access Statutes (pp. 29-31):
(a) notice that there are state laws on unauthorized access (in all 50 states) but then concentrate on the federal law: what are the seven (federal) offenses in 18 U.S.C. §1030? (p. 30, and see our statutory supplement) – all seven are in §1030(a)(1) through (7).
(b) what do each of §§ 1030(b), (c), (e), and (g) add to §1030(a)? (pp. 31-32, and see our statutory supplement)
and note that this legislation is referred to as the [Federal] Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
Select any one topic suggested by the unauthorized access statutes—does any one of the 7 federal offenses, or their enhancements, surprise you or strike you as interesting? — identify the topic and explain why it interests you, or provide another comment or observation.