Voatz Blockchain Voting App: Computer Fraud and Abuse Rules Should Be Used For Unauthorized Security Searches

Blockchain-based voting app Voatz told the United States Supreme Court that by law, third-party researchers cannot access other companies' processes without cabinet authorization and oversight. studies. Voatz sued amicus curiae Short in Van Buren v. WE. An amicus brief is a legal argument presented by a party who is not participating in a trial but who is satisfied with the outcome of the trial. The case involved a former Georgian police officer named Nathan Van Buren, who had requested an anonymous account to access police databases. The FBI secretly arrested Van Buren and arrested him under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CFAA). However, Van Buren admits that because he had access to the data, CFAA was not used and he was not a hacker, although he should not have used it. The case has now reached the Supreme Court, where it will determine whether "even a person who accesses a computer file for a specific purpose is breaking CFAA rules if they have received the same information for an unreasonable purpose."