The FBI is responsible for
cases dealing with national security, financial institutions, and organized crime. The
Secret Service??™s jurisdiction encompasses any crimes pertaining to the Treasury Department
and any other computer crime that does not fall within the FBI??™s jurisdiction.
NOTE The Secret Service??™s jurisdiction and responsibilities have grown since
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established. The Secret
Service now deals with several areas to protect the nation and has established
an Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection division to coordinate
activities in this area. This encompasses the preventive procedures for protecting ???critical
infrastructure,??? which include such things as bridges to fuel depots in addition to computer
systems.
The following are examples of the application of the CFAA to intrusions against a
government agency system. In July 2006, U.S. State Department officials reported a
major computer break-in that targeted State Department headquarters. The attack came
from East Asia and included probes of government systems, attempts to steal passwords,
and attempts to implant various backdoors to maintain regular access to the systems.
Government officials declared that they had detected network anomalies, that the systems
under attack held unclassified data, and that no data loss was suspected.
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