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Forgery and Counterfeiting Act of 1981
Courts in the UK tried to use this act as justification to arrest two hackers in 1986 who illegally accessed computer systems, but it was overturned as hacking did not fit the act's definition of forgery, -
Code Of Virginia
Updated criminal offenses to include the definitions of computers and networking devices. -
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Punishes hackers ho knowingly accessing a computer without authorization, was revised multiple times in order to keep up ith technological advancements -
CERT Coordination Center
A center created during the outbreak of the morris worm that attempts to provide information on computer and security problems, -
Operation Sundevil
The supreme court rules that Title 18 of the United States Penal Code could be extended from wire tapping to hacking, allowing FBI agents to target hacker and phreaker groups. -
Amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
After the Morris Worm was released, the act now covers the indirect ways of breaching computer security. -
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Criminalizes the production and dismantling of technology or services used to protect copyrighted works. -
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Enforces stricter policies on how companies store data of their customers to keep them safe from hackers. -
German Anti-Hacking Law
This law is very broad, and outlaws all tools a hacker is capable of using in order to perform malicious acts. -
Amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Gave the amendment more power to determine what illegal activity online.