SCOTUS Limits Reach of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Nefarious Reasons Are Not Enough for Criminal Liability
By EsqSocial Corporation 09/06/21
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved an important question about the meaning of provisions prohibiting "unauthorized access" or "exceeding authorized access" to computer systems and databases under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA). The Court, in a 6-3 decision, sided with lower courts that found the CFAA does not prohibit accessing data for a purpose other than the purpose for which the user was permitted access in the first place. The decision will have far-reaching...
By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP