§923 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

It is a crime to access a U.S. government computer without permission and get classified or other protected information, especially if you know the information could hurt the United States or help a foreign country, and then intentionally give or send that information to someone who should not have it. It is also a crime to send a program, code, or command that intentionally causes unauthorized harm to a government computer. computer — meaning used in 18 U.S.C. 1030. Government computer — a computer owned or run by or for the United States Government. damage — meaning used in 18 U.S.C. 1030.

Title 10, §923

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any person subject to this chapter who—

(1)knowingly accesses a Government computer, with an unauthorized purpose, and by doing so obtains classified information, with reason to believe such information could be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, and intentionally communicates, delivers, transmits, or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted such information to any person not entitled to receive it;

(2)intentionally accesses a Government computer, with an unauthorized purpose, and thereby obtains classified or other protected information from any Government computer; or

(3)knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization to a Government computer;

(b)In this section:

(1)The term “computer” has the meaning given that term in section 1030 of title 18.

(2)The term “Government computer” means a computer owned or operated by or on behalf of the United States Government.

(3)The term “damage” has the meaning given that term in section 1030 of title 18.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 923 was renumbered section 905 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing

Regulations

and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

§923 Art. 123. Offenses concerning Government computers