Unpacking Van Buren v. US: Did the Supreme Court just redefine computer hacking?

In the case of Van Buren vs. United States, the Supreme Court delivered a controversial interpretation of the CFAA, or the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The CFAA is an anti-hacking statute, which broadly bans and imposes criminal penalties for accessing computers without authorization or accessing data in a way that exceeds authorization. But what exactly "exceeds authorized access"? The Supreme Court embraced a narrow reading of the law, redefining and restricting how far the CFAA liability extends.
On this episode of Fast Thinking, our experts Jen Ellis of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Trent Teyema of the GeoTech Center explain the significance of this case and what this new Supreme Court opinion means for computer hacking penalties.
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  • @alecubudulecu
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    This gonna have astronomical implications in corporate America. MOST organizations do a lot of stuff without securing data / files and just telling employees to “not do it cause it’s bad”. Well. Now from a legal precedence -- it’s not bad. And it’s on the organization to get their shit together. A lot of people get fired for breaking the “honor system”. While that still holds - this chips at who is to blame.