§ 14-454.1. Accessing government computers. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 14‑454.1.  Accessinggovernment computers.

(a)        It is unlawful towillfully, directly or indirectly, access or cause to be accessed anygovernment computer for the purpose of:

(1)        Devising orexecuting any scheme or artifice to defraud, or

(2)        Obtaining propertyor services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, orpromises.

A violation of this subsectionis a Class F felony.

(b)        Any person whowillfully and without authorization, directly or indirectly, accesses or causesto be accessed any government computer for any purpose other than those setforth in subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a Class H felony.

(c)        Any person whowillfully and without authorization, directly or indirectly, accesses or causesto be accessed any educational testing material or academic or vocationaltesting scores or grades that are in a government computer is guilty of a Class1 misdemeanor.

(d)        For the purpose ofthis section the phrase "access or cause to be accessed" includesintroducing, directly or indirectly, a computer program (including a self‑replicatingor a self‑propagating computer program) into a computer, computerprogram, computer system, or computer network. (2002‑157, s. 4.)