CFAA Supreme Court Ruling

07/06/2021 2 min
CFAA Supreme Court Ruling

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Episode Synopsis

For today’s episode, Tom discusses the recent Supreme Court Ruling on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or CFAA. The case involved an officer who used his access to a state-run computer to search for the license plate of a woman on behalf of a friend. The friend allegedly paid him $6,000 to see if the woman was an undercover cop or not. The federal government prosecuted him under CFAA, but the appeal questions if an insider like the officer can be convicted under that act. Tom discusses the outcome of the ruling and the perspective of each side.   

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