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Computer Crime and
Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) 

Computer Crime

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  1. Computer Crime Policy and Programs
  2. Computer Crime Cases
  3. Computer Crime Laws and Statutes
  4. Computer Crime Documents
  5. Computer Crime Guidance

A. Computer Crime Policy and Programs

The Department of Justice and other agencies are continually working to better prevent computer crimes and enforce existing laws concerning computer crime.  You’ll find information on legislation, high-profile computer crimes, and cybercrime summits.

 A. The National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996
 B. Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
 C. The Melissa Virus
 D. Cybercrime Summit: A Law Enforcement/Information Technology Industry Dialogue


B. Computer Crime Cases
Here you can find press releases and information about the many computer intrusion cases that the Department of Justice has prosecuted.

C. Computer Crime Laws and Statutes
This is a list of the federal laws that relate to computer crime and computer intrusion.

D. Computer Crime Documents

This is a reverse chronological listing of all computer crime and intrusion documents on the site.  If you can’t find the document that you are looking for above, look here.


E. Computer Crime Guidance

The Department of Justice continually provides informal guidance to prosecutors and investigators as they work through complex substantive, procedural and practical elements of computer crime cases. While this guidance does not provide any legal rights or obligations, it is helpful to law enforcement as they address challenging questions of law, policy or practice.

 Go to . . . CCIPS home page || Justice Department home page

Updated page June 29, 2004
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