What would happen if Black Hat invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) to give us a better understanding of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (or "CFAA") and explain how federal prosecutors use it and the DOJ actually showed up?
Attendees will hear directly from a Department of Justice's Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section Prosecutor explaining the CFAA in plain English and breaking down the process for deciding whether to bring charges in federal hacking cases.This session will cover data about how the CFAA has been used and pointers on how practitioners and researchers can stay out of hot water. You'll also gain insight into how prosecutors think about the intersection between their mission to protect computer networks and data from criminals, and the efforts of the computer security community to ferret out critical system vulnerabilities.Seating will be limited for this rare briefing to our community. Bring your most thoughtful and meaningful questions, and be on your best behavior- our communities must work closely together to make security research safer while enabling law enforcement to pursue truly criminal behavior.