Unauthorized access

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[edit] Cybercrime

Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), unauthorized access (to stored wire or electronic communications) means:

(1) intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided; or

(2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility; and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage in such system. . . ."^[1]

[edit] General

Unauthorized access refers to someone gaining logical or physical access without permission to a computer network, system, application software, data, or other resource.

[edit] References

1. ↑ 18 U.S.C. §2701(a).