Laws and Regulations

A. Legislation

Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Legislation
http://www.cybercrime.gov/

Federal Computer Crime Laws
http://www.cybercrime.gov/cclaws.html

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/hipaa/content/more.asp

National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)
http://www.nipc.gov/

B. Computer Crime Cases

Computer Intrusion Cases
http://www.cybercrime.gov/cccases.html

Intellectual & Copyright Cases
http://www.cybercrime.gov/ipcases.htm

B. Federal Statutes

Federal statutes are investigated by the FBI. The most frequently statutes used by FBI are United States Codes (U.S.C.) such as:

· 18 U.S.C. 875 Interstate Communications: Including Threats, Kidnapping, Ransom, Extortion

· 18 U.S.C. 1029 Possession of Access Devices

· 18 U.S.C. 1030 Fraud and related activity in connection with computers

· 18 U.S.C. 1343 Fraud by wire, radio or television

· 18 U.S.C. 1361 Injury to Government Property

· 18 U.S.C. 1362 Government communication systems

· 18 U.S.C. 1831 Economic Espionage Act

· 18 U.S.C. 1832 Trade Secrets Act

Laws including the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 make the penalties for hacking and the very definition of computer crime more broad and more serious.

C. State Laws and Regulations

Each state has different laws and procedures that pertain to the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes.

One example of state law makes illegal to send an e-mail message that contains false or missing routing information, or to distribute software designed to falsify such information. Unsolicited commercial e-mail messages must include a label (" ADV:" or "ADV-ADULT:") at the beginning of the subject line, and must contain opt-instructions. Such messages may not contain a false or misleading subject line, nor use a third party's Internet address or domain name in order to make it appear that the third party sent the message. A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident who sends a message to or through the network of a provider located in that state.