CFAA REFORM: Affirmed by case law

摘要

Proposals to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) offered by Rep. Zoe Lofgren mesh with several high-profile court decisions, including a case involving David Nosal, a former manager at executive search firm Korn/Ferry. He was charged under the CFAA with convincing three of his former co-workers to use their valid login credentials to access and download customer lists and then transfer them to him so he could start a competing company. Nosal filed a motion to have the five counts with which he was charged under the CFAA dismissed, saying the law only addresses hackers, along for an activest like Swartz.