Wikipedia suggests 18 U.S.C. § 1030, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act[0]. Here's the relevant part: > Whoever ... knowingly causes the transmission of a progra

Wikipedia suggests 18 U.S.C. § 1030, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act[0]. Here's the relevant part: > Whoever ... knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer ... shall be punished as provided in subsection (c) of this section. > As used in this section ... the term “protected computer” means a computer ... which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication... By my (not a lawyer) reading, the only real question is whether being overwhelmed with traffic can be called "damage". [0]: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/1030.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/1030.html