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OCR: SES N 411S ND PU EY 9-15 In the U.S. State authorities have jurisdiction over computer crimes committed in one state but crimes that occur in more than one state or across state boundaries are under federal jurisdiction. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 makes it federal crime to access computer across state lines for fraudulent purposes This act also specifically outlaws the sale of entry pass codes passwords and access codes that belong to others In well-publicized espionage case dramatized in a docurmentary called Computers, the KGB, and Me hackers used an unclassified military network and the Internet to piece together details on current military research in the United States, which they then sold the KGB. The hackers based in Ge rmany. used stolen passwords pue telephone access ...