CSL Cybercrime & Legal Frameworks 5

Question 1

Under 18 U.S.C. § 1030(c), what threshold of loss within a one-year period elevates a CFAA violation to a felony offense?

Accepted Answer

$5,000

Answer

A CFAA violation becomes a felony when it causes loss aggregating at least $5,000 in value within any one-year period to one or more persons.

Question 2

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA 2015) grants companies legal protection when sharing cyber threat indicators with the government. To qualify for this protection, shared information must be:

Accepted Answer

Scrubbed of personally identifiable information not directly related to the cybersecurity threat

Answer

CISA 2015 protections apply only when companies scrub PII unrelated to the cybersecurity threat before sharing indicators with federal agencies.

Question 3

Which federal law prohibits access to stored wire and electronic communications held by third-party service providers and establishes the legal process required for government access?

Accepted Answer

Stored Communications Act (SCA)

Answer

The Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2713) governs government and private party access to stored electronic communications held by service providers.

Question 4

A security researcher discovers a critical zero-day vulnerability and discloses it publicly without notifying the vendor. Under which legal theory could the researcher face civil liability from the vendor?

Accepted Answer

Tortious interference with business relations

Answer

A vendor might argue that premature public disclosure intentionally interferes with its business relationships and reputation, establishing tortious interference, though such claims rarely succeed.

Question 5

Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), operators of websites directed at children under 13 must obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information. What is the maximum civil penalty per violation?

Accepted Answer

$43,792

Answer

The FTC can impose civil penalties up to $43,792 per violation under COPPA (adjusted periodically for inflation from the original $11,000 cap).

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CSL Cybercrime & Legal Frameworks 5