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Legalities Governing Information Security in Higher Education: CFAA

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

The CFAA imposes criminal penalties for unauthorized access to a
protected computer on anyone who willingly intends to obtain information, to
defraud, or to cause damage to the computer. CFAA only applies to computers
used in interstate commerce, international commerce, computers used by
financial institutions and computers used by the United States government.
(U.S.C § 1030(e)(2))