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Comprehensive Crime Control Act - technical definition
(legal term)
Over the past 25 years, and particularly
after the Morris-Worm incident of
1988, U.S. legislation has been passed with the intention of curbing cracking-related activities. For
example, the Comprehensive Crime Control Act gave the U.S. Secret Service
jurisdiction over credit card and computer fraud. By the late 1980s, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act gave more
clout to federal authorities to charge crackers.
See Also: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; Cracking.
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