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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)

18 Pa.C.S. § 7612: Disruption of service.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES
  3. ARTICLE G MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
  4. CHAPTER 76 COMPUTER OFFENSES
  5. SUBCHAPTER B HACKING AND SIMILAR OFFENSES

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly engages in a scheme or artifice, including, but not limited to, a denial of service attack upon any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, computer server, computer database, World Wide Web site or telecommunication device or any part thereof that is designed to block, impede or deny the access of information or initiation or completion of any sale or transaction by users of that computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, computer server or database or any part thereof.

(b) Grading.--An offense under this section shall constitute a felony of the third degree.

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