At the start of the twenty-first century, the United States has found itself a victim of a group of terrorist attacks. The United States government as a result has shown no toleration when dealing with any related issues. So in turn the United States government is considering to pass a law that would treat all hackers, or people which gain unauthorized access to other computers, as terrorist. The bill is being criticized for many reasons such as that a low-level computer intruder, committing small crimes could be punishable by a penalty of life in prison (Broersma). The United States government however does not see it like this but simply as a way to make America and the rest of the world a safer place to live.
Computer Hacking came in just about 1981 when IBM introduced its new computer model which was stand alone and fully loaded with a CPU and software (Slatalla). With this “personal computer” one could go anywhere and do just about anything. For example, one of the first group of hackers were the 414’s, which broke into systems at institutions like Los Alamos Laboratories in the early 1980’s. The cops then cracked down on them and put them behind bars (Slatalla). However this wasn’t the end of anything as many m
Rosenoer, Jonathan. CyberLaw : the Law of the Internet (November 1996)
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