The penalties for committing CFAA offenses range between:
• Imprisonment for up to one year for simple cyber trespassing.
• A maximum of life imprisonment when death results from intentional computer damage.
The Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1994 added civil remedies to the CFAA allowing any person who suffers damage or loss through a CFAA violation to maintain a civil action against the violator for:
• Compensatory damages.
• Injunctive or other equitable relief.
The CFAA authorizes a civil action against a person who knowingly and with intent to defraud traffics in any password or similar information through which a computer may be accessed without authorization. The plaintiff generally must allege losses of $5,000 or more.
For more information, see here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2864
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