That hospitals and doctors offices must improve their computer security systems because this is our lives they are holding. Over the years thousands of records have fallen into the wrong hands, and only now can we make sure that it does not happen again. If they start securing the systems now, it will prevent tragedies. In this article, Nemerofsky wants the reader to know the laws against hacking. Nemerofsky makes the point that hacking today is not as simple as it used to be.
Hackers now cause a greater threat due to all of the advancements.
Thirty years ago people were not giving their credit card numbers over the computer, and all information and records were not kept there either. With the rise of technology there is a demand for security. Nemerofsky goes through the history of the laws against hacking, starting with the Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Congress of 1984. This was the first federal computer crime statute.