A year after Swartz suicide, reform of anti-hacking law remains elusive

Internet activist Aaron Swartz’s suicide last January galvanized calls for overhaul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Efforts to reform the law appear to have made little headway. A bill introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) seeks to tweak the CFAA, but in a manner that raises new issues, observers say. Critics say the law has been used to prosecute misdeeds that the law was never intended to address. The bill was introduced last June but stalled in the House Judiciary Committee.”]

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