US Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Digital Currency Acts and Statutes

Action Cyber Times™ list of relevant US Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Digital Currency Acts and Statutes

The following is a list of United States laws that may be cited by various US government agencies depending upon their authority:

Cybercrime definition

Cybercrime is defined by the International Organization for Standardization (www.iso.org) as “criminal activity where services or applications in the cyberspace are used for or are the target of a crime, or where the cyberspace is the source, tool, target or place of a crime”. (ISO 27032 ¶4.18)

Cybersecurity definition

Cybersecurity is defined by the International Organization for Standardization (www.iso.org) as, “preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in the cyberspace”. In addition, other properties such as, authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation, and reliability may also be included. ( see ISO 27032 ¶4.20) This definition was derived from the prior definition for ‘information security’ provided in ISO 27000 ¶2.19.

11 USC §523 – Exceptions to Bankruptcy Discharge

15 USC §77b. Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation

15 USC §77b. Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation

15 USC §77e. Prohibitions relating to interstate commerce and the mails

15 USC §77h-1. Cease and Desist Proceedings [by the SEC]

15 USC §77q. Fraudulent Interstate Transactions

15 USC §77t. Injunctions and prosecution of offenses

15 USC §78c. Definitions and application

17 CFR §240.3a51-1 – Definition of a ‘penny stock’

15 USC §78j. Manipulative and Deceptive Devices

17 CFR 240.10b-5 – Employment of manipulation and deceptive devices

15 USC §78L. Registration requirements for securities

15 USC §78o. Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers

15 U.S.C §78s – Registration, responsibilities, and oversight of self-regulatory organizations

[See 78s(b)(2) – SEC time limits of 45, 60 and 180 days for action on proposed rule changes, from Sec. Ex. Act 1934 Sec.19(b)(2)]

15 USC §78u – Investigations and actions

15 USC §78ff  – Penalties

18 U.S.C. §2 – Principals

18 U.S.C. §32 – Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities

18 U.S.C. §33 – Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle facilities

18 U.S.C. §641 – Public money, property or records

18 U.S.C. §659 – Interstate or foreign shipments by carrier; State prosecutions

18 U.S.C. §981 – Civil forfeiture

18 U.S.C. §1001 – false ‘Statements or entries generally’ to the US government

18 U.S.C. §1029 – Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices

18 U.S.C §1030 – Fraud and related activity in connection with computers

18 USC §1343 – Fraud by wire, radio, or television

18 USC §1344 – Bank fraud

18 USC §1361 – (destruction of) Government property or contracts

18 U.S.C. §1362 – (interference with US government) Communication lines, stations or systems

18 U.S.C. 1363 – Buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction

18 U.S.C. 1366 – Destruction of an energy facility

18 U.S.C. 1367 – Interference with the operation of a satellite

18 U.S.C. 1832 – Theft of trade secrets

18 U.S.C. 1952 – Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises

18 U.S.C. 1956 – Laundering of monetary instruments

18 U.S.C. 1957 – Engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity

18 U.S.C. 1960 – Prohibition of unlicensed money transmitting businesses

18 U.S.C. 1962 – Prohibited activities

18 U.S.C. 1963 – Criminal penalties

18 U.S.C. 1992 – Terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air

18 U.S.C. 2071 – Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally (of government records)

18 U.S.C. 2155 – Destruction of national-defense materials, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities

18 U.S.C. 2280 – Violence against maritime navigation

18 U.S.C. 2314 – Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting

18 U.S.C. 2319 – Criminal infringement of a copyright

18 U.S.C. §§2331 to 2339D – Terrorism

18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 to 2523 – Wire and electronic communications interception and interception of  oral communications

18 U.S.C. §§2701 to 2710 – Stored wire and electronic communications and transactional records access

18 U.S.C. §§3041 to 3064 – Arrest and commitment (powers of the federal courts and authorities)

18 U.S.C. §§3121 to 3127 – Pen registers and trap an trace devices

18 U.S.C. §3553 – Imposition of a Sentence

21 U.S.C. §853 – Criminal forfeiture

28 U.S.C. §2461 – Mode of recovery

28 U.S.C. §2466 – Fugitive disentitlement

CCPA – Consumer Credit Protection (Truth in Lending) Act of 1968

CFAA – Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 

CSA – Computer Security Act of 1987

ECPA – Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-508

FACTA – Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-159

FCRA – Fair Credit Reporting Act amendment of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-159 

FDCPA – Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1977, Pub. L. No. 95-109

FISA – Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-511

FTC – Federal Trade Commission Act Sec 5, Pub. L. No. 103-312

15 U.S.C.§45 – Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce are unlawful.

Securities Act of 1933

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

TCPA – Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, Pub. L. No. 102-243

TILA – The Truth in Lending Act of 1968, Pub. L. No. 90-321

USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56

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