<Li> LVRC Holdings v. Brekka, 2009 1030 (a) (2), 1030 (a) (4), in which LVRC sued Brekka for allegedly taking information about clients and using it to start his own competing business . </Li> <Li> Craigslist v. 3Taps, 2012 . 3Taps was accused by Craigslist of breaching CFAA by circumventing an IP block in order to access Craigslist's website and scrape its classified ads without consent . In August 2013, US federal judge found 3Taps's actions violated CFAA and that it faces civil damages for "unauthorized access". Judge Breyer wrote in his decision that "the average person does not use "anonymous proxies" to bypass an IP block set up to enforce a banning communicated via personally - addressed cease - and - desist letter ". He also noted "Congress apparently knew how to restrict the reach of the CFAA to only certain kinds of information, and it appreciated the public v. nonpublic distinction--but (the relevant section) contains no such restrictions or modifiers ." </Li> <Li> Lee v. PMSI, Inc., 2011 . PMSI, Inc. sued former employee Lee for violating the CFAA by browsing Facebook and checking personal email in violation of the company's acceptable use policy . The court found that breaching an employer's acceptable use policy was not "unauthorized access" under the act and, therefore, did not violate the CFAA . </Li> <Li> Sony Computer Entertainment America v. George Hotz and Hotz v. SCEA, 2011 . SCEA sued "Geohot" and others for jailbreaking the PlayStation 3 system . The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that Hotz violated 18 U.S.C. § 1030 (a) (2) (c) ((by) taking info from any protected computer). Hotz denied liability and contested the Court's exercise of personal jurisdiction over him . The parties settled out of court . The settlement caused Geohot to be unable to legally hack the PlayStation 3 system furthermore . </Li>

The computer fraud and abuse act provides for the punishment of individuals