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US Senate Passes Bill that Would Update Cyber Crime Laws

By Altman & Altman

The US Senate has passed a bill that would update the country?s laws related to cyber crimes. The legislation, known as the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act is tougher on cyber criminals and gives victims of identity theft an opportunity to sue for damages. The Bill Proposes: ? Making it a felony to install keystroke-monitoring programs or spyware on 10 or more computers regardless of damage. This is a major change, since many cases of cyber crime involve thousands of computers at less then $5,000 in damages per victim. ? Allowing federal courts to prosecute cyber crime defendants within their states of residence, rather than only if they used interstate communication to commit a cyber crime against a victim. ? Making it a crime to extort companies using cyber technology...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).