Cybersecurity Law Issues in Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot is a psychological thriller television series that follows a cybersecurity engineer named Elliot Alderson, who suffers from social anxiety and clinical depression. The show explores various cybersecurity law issues, including data privacy, the law of unauthorized access relating to computer crime, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
Data privacy is a crucial cybersecurity issue in today's world. In Mr. Robot, Elliot hacks into the systems of several companies to gather sensitive data about their customers. He later uses this data to take down these companies, exposing their corrupt practices to the public. While Elliot's actions are portrayed as a form of vigilante justice, they are illegal under the law. Companies have a legal obligation to protect their customers' data and prevent unauthorized access to it. Any breach of this duty could result in severe legal and financial consequences for the company and the
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Robot. Elliot's hacking activities often involve gaining unauthorized access to computer systems, which is illegal under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The CFAA is a federal law that criminalizes various forms of computer-related offenses, including unauthorized access to computer systems. Elliot's hacking activities could be prosecuted under this law, which carries significant penalties, including imprisonment and fines.
The CFAA is also relevant in Mr. Robot's portrayal of the Dark Army, a Chinese hacker group that engages in cyberterrorism and other criminal activities. The group uses malware and other hacking techniques to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and steal sensitive information. The CFAA provides a legal framework for prosecuting such criminal activities, and the show accurately portrays the severe legal consequences of engaging in
China has, this year, allegedly stolen thousands of federal data from US citizens and is building a federal database. DoD is building a list of victims. Many people are ready to establish a class action lawsuit to sue The federal government. David Cox, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, charges it was all employees and all data. In a letter to Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, Cox also charges that the Social Security numbers kept on government computers were not encrypted, "a cybersecurity failure" that Cox calls "absolutely indefensible and outrageous."
Because technology is continually growing, new laws are being passed regarding technology and confidentiality. This article questions the “invasive” internet searches and looks for a constitutional answer. As of now, no electronic device can be confiscated and searched without a warrant. This could prove to be beneficial for Arnie. If he was to report Mr. Bowen’s suspicious data to the police, they would be able to obtain a warrant to officially search Mr. Bowen’s computer.
6. After being disciplined for criticizing a customer in an email (sent from his personal email account on a company computer), Joe threatens to sue the company for invasion of privacy. Unfortunately, Joe may not know this but his expectation of privacy has no basis in law. As a matter of fact, whenever an employee uses an employer 's electronics devices for whatever purpose, whether for company or personal use, that employee automatically relinquishes his expectation of privacy per se, as established by the law.
In addition, the Computer Misuse Act 1990 recognises following offences, which leads to new offences of unauthorized access with the intention of committing a crime. This can lead to a person being guilty of causing a computer to perform any intent of having the secure access of any program/data held in the computer they are accessing.
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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act which was written in 1986 ("18 U.S. Code § 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers", 2018), therefore, information systems have become an integral part of society. However, with the acknowledged
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