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Is password-lending a cybercrime?
Mark Rasch, 2004-03-01

A judge's wrongheaded interpretation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act illustrates the problems of allowing civil enforcement of a criminal law.

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Yes, in this case, password-lending is a cybercrime. 2004-03-03
Michael Carr, JD, CISSP
Theft is actionable as both a crime and as a civil matter.

(a) The statute says that someone can be cited if s/he: "...intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization," -- Bershire did this--they intentionally accessed IMS' database without IMS' authorization.

(b) The statute...

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