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Is it a felony to crash someone's computer?

• colechristensen 10mo ago
  Possibly, yes.
• fragmede 10mo ago
  Violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) can be either misdemeanors or felonies. It's definitely broad enough that doing so could get you in serious trouble if pursued.
• drob518 10mo ago
  If done deliberately…
• dpifke 10mo ago
  If it causes more than $5k in damage. Otherwise, it's a misdemeanor. But you probably don't want to be investigated for either.
  • colechristensen 10mo ago
    A deliberate act of revenge against a former employer... wouldn't be given much benefit of the doubt by the courts.
• jclarkcom 10mo ago
  Would it even crash a computer? They would fill up their hard drive but that would just yield warnings to the user in most operating systems. Chances are they would kill it manually because it would take a long time