Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 9A.90 · 12 active provisions
The legislature finds that the rapid pace of technological change and information computerization in the digital age generates a never ending sequence of anxiety inducing reports highlighting how the latest device or innovation is being used to harm consumers. The legislature finds that this generates an ongoing patter…
This act may be known and cited as the Washington cybercrime act.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Access" means to gain entry to, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any resources of electronic data, data network, or data system, including via electroni…
(1) A person is guilty of computer trespass in the first degree if the person, without authorization, intentionally gains access to a computer system or electronic database of another; and(a) The access is made with the intent to commit another crime in violation of a state law not included in this chapter; or(b) The v…
(1) A person is guilty of computer trespass in the second degree if the person, without authorization, intentionally gains access to a computer system or electronic database of another under circumstances not constituting the offense in the first degree.(2) Computer trespass in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.
(1) A person is guilty of electronic data service interference if the person maliciously and without authorization causes the transmission of data, data program, or other electronic command that intentionally interrupts or suspends access to or use of a data network or data service.(2) Electronic data service interfere…
(1) A person is guilty of spoofing if he or she, without authorization, knowingly initiates the transmission, display, or receipt of the identifying information of another organization or person for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to electronic data, a data system, or a data network, and with the intent to c…
(1) A person is guilty of electronic data tampering in the first degree if he or she maliciously and without authorization:(a)(i) Alters data as it transmits between two data systems over an open or unsecure network; or(ii) Introduces any malware into any electronic data, data system, or data network; and(b)(i) Doing s…
(1) A person is guilty of electronic data tampering in the second degree if he or she maliciously and without authorization:(a) Alters data as it transmits between two data systems over an open or unsecure network under circumstances not constituting the offense in the first degree; or(b) Introduces any malware into an…
(1) A person is guilty of electronic data theft if he or she intentionally, without authorization, and without reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has such authorization, obtains any electronic data with the intent to:(a) Devise or execute any scheme to defraud, deceive, extort, or commit any other crime in vi…
A person who, in the commission of a crime under this chapter, commits any other crime may be punished for that other crime as well as for the crime under this chapter and may be prosecuted for each crime separately.
(1) A person is guilty of cyber harassment if the person, with intent to harass or intimidate any other person, and under circumstances not constituting telephone harassment, makes an electronic communication to that person or a third party and the communication:(a)(i) Uses any lewd, lascivious, indecent, or obscene wo…