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The Justice Department announced Thursday that it would cancel its indictment policy for violating a federal computer fraud law, saying it would pursue efforts to “investigate the safety of a good religion. “
The ministry announced the update in the implementation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which defines bona fide studies as “access to a computer only for the purpose of testing, investigating, and/or correcting a breach of security or vulnerability in the faith. “without wishing to harm the public.
The new one replaces the previous one issued in 2014.
“Computer security studies are a key driving force of cybersecurity,” Assistant Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in the Justice Department statement.
“The branch has never been interested in conducting bona fide studies on computer security as a crime, and today’s announcement promotes cybersecurity by offering clarity to bona fide security scholars analyzing vulnerabilities for the common good,” Monaco added.
The DOJ clarified that “pretending to conduct security studies is not a pass for those acting in bad faith” and urged prosecutors to consult with the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) if there are any problems.
Last year, Georgia Police Sgt. Nathan Van Buren effectively appealed his conviction of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to the Supreme Court.
While the Justice Department had argued that Van Buren deserved not to have accepted a bribe to access a woman’s license plate data in an FBI undercover operation in 2015, the sergeant claimed he had valid access to the database, even though he misused it.
Van Buren’s legal team argued that if an undeniable violation of a system’s terms is illegal under the CFAA, fundamental crimes such as using computers for private gain can be prosecuted.
Thursday’s updated policy in particular cited instances such as “controlling sports scores at work” or “paying for expenses at work,” saying those problems “are not enough in themselves to justify federal prosecution of offenders. “
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