What are the Penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984?

What are the Penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984?

Congress did this by making it a felony to access classified information in a computer without authorization, and a misdemeanor to access financial records or credit histories stored in a financial institution or to trespass into a government computer.

The CFAA covers the following criminal activities:

1.            Obtaining National Security Information: Sentence 10 – 20 years;

2.            Compromising the Confidentiality of a Computer: 1 – 5 years;

3.            Trespassing in a Government Computer: 1 – 10 years;

4.            Accessing a Computer to Defraud & Obtain Value: 5 – 10 years;

5.            Knowing Transmission and Intentional Damage: 5 – 20 years or life;

6.            Intentional Access and Damage: 1 – 10 years;

7.            Intentional Access and Reckless Damage: 1 to 10 years;

8.            Trafficking in Passwords: 1 to 10 years; and

9.            Extortion involving threats to Damage Computer – 5 to 10 years.

 

For more information, see here:  https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2864

 

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