[3ZA Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage]
Computer Misuse Act 1990 (1990 c 18) | Legislation

[3ZA  Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage]

[(1)     A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a)     the person does any unauthorised act in relation to a computer;

(b)     at the time of doing the act the person knows that it is unauthorised;

(c)     the act causes, or creates a significant risk of, serious damage of a material kind; and

(d)     the person intends by doing the act to cause serious damage of a material kind or is reckless as to whether such damage is caused.

(2)

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