On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced a revision to its longstanding charging policy for cyber-based crimes under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The DOJ explained that, under the newly-revised policy, “good-faith security research should not be charged.”...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Van Buren v. United States significantly narrows the reach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act’s prohibition against exceeding authorization to access information. Before Van Buren, courts were split on the reach of the Act; the...
