Illegal gains

Illegal gains

The awareness of the threat to computer systems has grown since the earliest provisions were passed. With it, an expanded understanding of the variety of assets computers represent has led to a dramatic increase in the types of computer-related assets that are protected against illegal gains by the computer crime laws.FN75

Under the California Penal Code any person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a public offense:

1. Knowingly accesses and without permission alters, damages, deletes, destroys, or otherwise uses any data, computer, computer system, or computer network in order to either (A) devise or execute any scheme or artifice to defraud, deceive, or extort, or (B) wrongfully control or obtain money, property, or data.
2. Knowingly accesses and without permission takes, copies, or makes use of any data from a computer, computer system, or computer network, or takes or copies any supporting documentation, whether existing or residing internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network.
3. Knowingly and without permission uses or causes to be used computer services.
4. Knowingly accesses and without permission adds, alters, damages, deletes, or destroys any data, computer software, or computer programs which reside or exist internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network.
5. Knowingly and without permission disrupts or causes the disruption of computer services or denies or causes the denial of computer services to an authorized user of a computer, computer system, or computer network.
6. Knowingly and without permission provides or assists in providing a means of accessing a computer, computer system, or computer network in violation of this section.
7. Knowingly and without permission accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, or computer network.
8. Knowingly introduces any computer contaminant into any computer, computer system, or computer network.
9. Knowingly and without permission uses the Internet domain name of another individual, corporation, or entity in connection with the sending of one or more electronic mail messages, and thereby damages or causes damage to a computer, computer system, or computer network.FN76