The Justice Department building is seen in Washington on March 4, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: CITYSPACE) - RTR2YUEU The Justice Department building is seen in Washington on March ...

Lawyers should have a basic understanding of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which provides criminal and civil penalties for wrongfully accessing a computer to do harmful things. They also ...

While the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has been useful in combating major computer hacking crimes, the federal government has molded it into a tool to take out "targets" that are not, or should not, ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that violations of employers’ computer access policies do not constitute violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to limit the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law in a case it took up on Monday involving a ...

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after an elderly woman was tricked into withdrawing nearly $10,000 from her bank account and handing it to a stranger outside her home as part of an ...

A 24-year-old former Bank of Hawaii teller pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she allegedly embezzled more than $40,000 from bank customers, including two elderly customers. Hilo Circuit Judge Henry ...

BOSTON, MA — An Illinois man has been charged in Boston federal court for reportedly hacking the Snapchat social media accounts of nearly 600 women in an effort to steal nude photos for the purpose of ...