APCO 1P50 Lecture Notes - Espionage Act Of 1917, Usenet Newsgroup, Patriot Act
7 Dec 2012
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Use illegal means to obtain trade secrets from competitors. Trade secrets are protected by the economic espionage act of 1996 (us) Competitive intelligence: uses legal techniques, gathers information available to the public. Industrial espionage: uses illegal means, obtains information not available to the public. Engage in all forms of computer fraud. To reduce potential for online credit card fraud: Loss of customer trust has more impact than fraud: use encryption technology, verify the address submitted online against the issuing bank, request a card verification value (cvv, use transaction-risk scoring software. Smart cards: contain a memory chip, updated with encrypted data each time card is used, used widely in europe, not so much in the us. Hacktivism: hacking to achieve political or social goal. 1986 congress passed the computer fraud and abuse act (cfaa) Commentary on the law in canada can be very vague doesn"t really explain what fraud is, etc. (http://www. sans. org/reading_room/whitepapers/legal/laws_of_canada_as_they_pertain_to_comput er_crime_673)
