United States laws - Cybercrime:

[Ed. – US state laws (CA, NY, etc) are listed under a separate heading]

Each statute lists the requirements to effect a cybercrime, but one or more of the statutes may also be applicable to the actor in cybersecurity federal statutory violations.

Cybercrime is defined by the International Organization for Standardization 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 4.8)

  • 18 USC 32 – destruction of aircraft or facilities;
  • 18 USC 33 – destruction of motor vehicle or facilities;
  • 18 USC 641 – theft of stolen property;
  • 18 USC 659 – theft from interstate carriers;
  • 18 USC 1001 – false statements on a matter within the jurisdiction of a federal agency or department;
  • 18 USC 1029 – fraud involving credit cards and access devices;
  • 18 USC 1343 – wire fraud;
  • 18 USC 1344 – bank fraud;
  • 18 USC 1361 – destruction of government property;
  • 18 USC 1362 – destruction of federal communications property;
  • 18 USC 1367 – damaging an energy facility;
  • 18 USC 1832 – economic espionage; theft of trade secrets;
  • 18 USC 1952 – travel act;
  • 18 USC 1956 & 1957 – money laundering;
  • 18 USC 1963 – racketeering;
  • 18 USC 1992 – interfering with train transportation;
  • 18 USC 2071 – destruction of government records;
  • 18 USC 2280 – destruction of maritime navigational facilities;
  • 18 USC 2314 – interstate transportation of stolen property;
  • 18 USC 2319 – copyright infringement;