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Clinton cracks down on hackers
By Janet Kornblum
October 14, 1996, 12:30 p.m. PT
Hackers beware. President Bill Clinton has just
signed an act that gives law enforcement more
power to crack down on people who commit
computer crimes.
The Economic Espionage Act, which strengthens
protections against the theft or misuse of proprietary
business information, specifically targets computer
crimes, according to the White House press office.
The bill "strengthens protection for our national
information infrastructure by eliminating gaps in the
criminal laws, covering attacks against computers
and the information they contain," Clinton said.
The act also protects business trade secrets from
espionage and theft by punishing people who
damage computers or the information they contain
when they break in to them.
The signing of the act comes on the heels of several
high-profile hacking reports. Most notable was the
indictment two weeks ago of notorious hacker
Kevin Mitnick, who allegedly broke in to multiple
computer systems.
In addition, the government is still embarrassed over
less-serious hacking stunts that shut down two
government Web sites.
In August, the Justice Department found its site
covered with swastikas and nude photos. In
September, hackers broke into the Central
Intelligence Agency's Web site, replacing pages with
ones that spoofed the agency.