U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Meaning of “Exceeds Authorized Access” in Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21
Court Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Hacking Statute Frequently Asserted Against Web Scrapers - On June 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Van Buren v. United States, resolving a decades-old circuit split on the proper interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a federal anti-hacking law passed by Congress in 1986. The Court held that an individual "exceeds authorized access" to a computer when they access a computer with authorization but then...
By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati