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Computer Abuse
  • Willful or negligent unauthorized activity that affects the availability, confidentiality, or integrity of computer resources. Computer abuse includes fraud, embezzlement, theft, malicious damage, unauthorized use, denial of service,and misappropriation. Levels of computer abuse are: a. Minor abuse - acts that represent management problems, such as printing calendars or running games that do not impact system availability for authorized applications; b. Major abuse - unauthorized use (possibly criminal), denial of service, and multiple instances of minor abuse to include waste; c. Criminal act - fraud, embezzlement, theft, malicious damage, misappropriation, conflict of interest, and unauthorized access to classified data. (AFR 205-16;)
  • The misuse, destruction, alteration, or disruption of data processing resources. The key aspects of computer related abuse are that it is intentional and improper and it may not involve the violation of a specific law. (NCSC-WA-001-85;)