While there are many different definitions of cybercrime they all have a few key concepts throughout. These key concepts are criminal activity and the use or abuse of computers. With these concepts in mind cyber crime can be easily defined as using a computer to commit a criminal act Laws of cybercrimes In this section of this paper Laws and legislation that governs cybercrime in the we’ll discusses United State and within other countries worldwide. This section will highlight some laws and let people know some of the laws that are out there to protect them and some of the amendments to these laws to keep up with the different advancement in technology. In the United States In the United States, the legislation concerning cybercrimes differs from state to states. In other words, each state has their own way of dealing with different types of cybercrimes being committed on a daily basis.This paper discusses a few of the many Acts and legislations available in the United States that govern cybercrimes. Congress combats cybercrimes by enacting several laws such as The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 (CFAA). At the time such it was difficult for federal law enforcers to use such legislation to indict anyone because of the difficulty of writing such an Act.The Act however requires major proof that personnel suspect has or have accessed computers without authorization which in turn can be a major limitation. In 1994, the Act was altered again to meet new complications that arose such as malicious codes which at the time were bugs, viruses, worms and other programs that were intended to harm or modify data on a computer. After applying it was now equipped to prosecute any individuals who broke the law in terms of using programs with the intent to reason harm to the computer or the use of structures without the information of the lawful owners of that computer. In 1996, The National Information Infrastructure Act (NIIA) was passed and it added onto the CFFA, which include the unlawful access to a threatened computer in excess of the which parties’ consent,
While there are many different definitions of cybercrime they all have a few key concepts throughout. These key concepts are criminal activity and the use or abuse of computers. With these concepts in mind cyber crime can be easily defined as using a computer to commit a criminal act Laws of cybercrimes In this section of this paper we’ll discusses Laws and legislation that governs cybercrime in the United State and within other countries worldwide. This section will highlight some laws and let people know some of the laws that are out there to protect them and some of the amendments to these laws to keep up with the different advancement in technology. In the United States In the United States, the legislation concerning cybercrimes differs from state to states. In other words, each state has their own way of dealing with different types of cybercrimes being committed on a daily basis.This paper discusses a few of the many Acts and legislations available in the United States that govern cybercrimes. Congress combats cybercrimes by enacting several laws such as The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 (CFAA). At the time such it was difficult for federal law enforcers to use such legislation to indict anyone because of the difficulty of writing such an Act.The Act however requires major proof that personnel suspect has or have accessed computers without authorization which in turn can be a major limitation. In 1994, the Act was altered again to meet new complications that arose such as malicious codes which at the time were bugs, viruses, worms and other programs that were intended to harm or modify data on a computer. After applying it was now equipped to prosecute any individuals who broke the law in terms of using programs with the intent to reason harm to the computer or the use of structures without the information of the lawful owners of that computer. In 1996, The National Information Infrastructure Act (NIIA) was passed and it added onto the CFFA, which include the unlawful access to a threatened computer in excess of the parties’ consent, which
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