HACKING AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Under new cyber crime and computer laws, a person convicted of computer hacking, virus writing, and computer worm development could get 20 years to life in prison.
Sometimes out of curiosity, Internet website visitors may exceed the access authorized to them under their website access login and under the website’s terms of use. Even using commercially available scripts may generate serious computer crime accusation of hacking and unauthorized access to a computer network.
If you are facing an accusation of being a computer hacker, a cyber crime and hacking defense attorney from our firm is a technically competent attorney who understands the technical aspects of the Internet in order to provide you with a competent defense. A typical criminal defense attorney without computer knowledge may not understand many of the challenges that can be made against electronic evidence.
[...] the offense was committed in furtherance of any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State; [...]
[...] without the authorization of the issuer of the access device, knowingly and with intent to defraud solicits a person for the purpose of– (A) offering an [...]
[...] a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided; or (2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility; and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or [...]