Cybercrime in the U.S. - Protecting Your Clients From Theft By Computer
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Atlanta
by Jeffrey Y. Lewis and Jeffrey Paul Lutz
The aggregate annual losses to businesses from computer crime in the United States are estimated to be in the billions of dollars. In an employment setting, where much of the workforce has access to the company’s computer, the potential for computer theft, fraud and abuse, by both current and former employees, presents unique problems for an employer, and challenges for counsel. Common motives include misappropriation of confidential or trade secret information for competition or retaliation. Typical misconduct includes to copy, delete, or modify information contained in the computer, theft of computer processor time and computerized services, exploitation of “viruses”, and “worms”, or use of the computer to commit traditional, common law crimes, such as stealing credit card information to make fraudulent purchases. This article is a sampling of U.S. federal and state statutes which provide protection from criminal invasion by computer.
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