Disgruntled employees, beware. Erasing files on your workplace computer when you part ways with your employer could expose you to expensive civil liability under an anti-hacker law. In one of very few appellate interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that permanently erasing files from an individual laptop might violate federal law. One attorney predicts the anti-hacking law will be the "RICO of the 21st century."
March 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Disgruntled employees beware. Erasing files on your company laptop as you leave the firm could trigger expensive civil liability under a federal anti-hacker law, according to a recent 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
Since 1984, Congress has expanded the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — which was originally intended to punish hackers who break into computer networks or send computer viruses — giving employers new civil remedies.
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