Section 502 of the Penal Code of the State of California makes the illegal use of computers at Cal State L.A. a crime punishable by fines, imprisonment or both.
Computer Crime is committed by anyone who:
- Knowingly accesses and without permission alters, damages, deletes, destroys, or otherwise uses any data, computer, computer system, or computer network in order to either (a) devise or execute any scheme or artifice to defraud, deceive, or extort; or (b) wrongfully control or obtain money, property, or data.
- Knowingly accesses and without permission takes, copies, or makes use of any data from a computer, computer system, or computer network, or takes or copies any supporting documentation, whether existing or residing internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network.
- Knowingly and without permission uses or causes to be used computer services.
- Knowingly accesses and without permission adds, alters, damages, deletes, or destroys any data, computer software, or computer programs which reside or exist internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network.
- Knowingly and without permission disrupts or causes the disruption of computer services or denies or causes the denial of computer services to an authorized uses of a computer, computer system, or computer network.
- Knowingly and without permission provides or assists in providing a means of accessing a computer, computer system, or computer network in violation of this section.
- Knowingly and without permission accesses or causes to be accessed by any computer, computer system, or computer network.
- Knowingly introduces any computer contaminant into any computer, computer system, or computer network.