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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.

Access device fraud charges, whether in the Eastern District of Virginia, Southern District of Texas, the Arkansas Federal Courts, or any other Federal Court, can result in a felony conviction. The charges may carry up to 10 years in a Federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.00. The main statute utilized for this type of prosecution is 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1029.