International Cy­ber­crime Prevention Act

International Cybercrime Prevention Act

This bill makes changes to the federal statutory framework commonly known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which criminalizes various categories of computer-related conduct by individuals who act without authority or in excess of authorization.

The bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct and expands federal enforcement authorities with respect to existing computer fraud and abuse offenses.

The bill also creates a new, related criminal offenses for aggravated damage to a critical infrastructure computer and trafficking in botnets.