Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - Former Employee

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

 

Former Employee

 

 

Nosal II, 844 F.3d 1024

 

Nosal II held that a former employee who used current employees’ login credentials to access company computers and collect confidential information had acted “‘without authorization’ in violation of the CFAA.” 844 F.3d at 1038. The computer information the defendant accessed in Nosal II was thus plainly one which no one could access without authorization.

 

 

 

(U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, April 18, 2022, HIQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., Docket No. 17-16783, for Publication, p. 36)