Full Text of SB3203 100th General Assembly
SB3203 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB3203 Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of cyber terrorism. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she: (1) with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population,
influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government, commits any of the
offenses defined in the computer crimes provisions of the Code;
or (2) with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population,
influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government, commits a denial of
service attack against any computer network administered or operated by
a local, State, or federal government entity; any utility, including electricity or water; or a financial institution. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "denial of service attack".
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 17-55 and by adding Section 17-52.6 as follows: | 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/17-52.6 new) | 7 | | Sec. 17-52.6. Cyber terrorism. | 8 | | (a) A person commits cyber terrorism when he or
she: | 9 | | (1) with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian | 10 | | population,
influence the policy of a unit of government by | 11 | | intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit | 12 | | of government, commits any of the
offenses defined in | 13 | | Sections 17-50 through 17-53 of this Code;
or | 14 | | (2) with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian | 15 | | population,
influence the policy of a unit of government by | 16 | | intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit | 17 | | of government, commits a denial of
service attack against | 18 | | any computer network administered or operated by
a local, | 19 | | State, or federal government entity; any utility, | 20 | | including electricity or water; or a financial | 21 | | institution. | 22 | | (b) Sentence. Cyber terrorism is a Class 1 felony. |
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| 1 | | (720 ILCS 5/17-55) | 2 | | Sec. 17-55. Definitions. For the purposes of Sections 17-50 | 3 | | through 17-53: | 4 | | In addition to its meaning as defined in Section 15-1 of | 5 | | this Code,
"property" means: (1) electronic impulses;
(2) | 6 | | electronically produced data; (3) confidential, copyrighted, | 7 | | or proprietary
information; (4) private identification codes | 8 | | or numbers which permit access to
a computer by authorized | 9 | | computer users or generate billings to consumers
for purchase | 10 | | of goods and services, including but not limited to credit
card | 11 | | transactions and telecommunications services or permit | 12 | | electronic fund
transfers; (5) software or programs in either | 13 | | machine or human readable
form; or (6) any other tangible or | 14 | | intangible item relating to a computer
or any part thereof. | 15 | | "Access" means to use, instruct, communicate with, store | 16 | | data
in, retrieve or intercept data from, or otherwise utilize | 17 | | any services
of, a computer, a network, or data. | 18 | | "Denial of service attack" means
preventing authorized | 19 | | access to computer resources or delaying time-critical | 20 | | computer operations by inundating or otherwise overloading a
| 21 | | computer network, or attempting to inundate or otherwise | 22 | | overload a
computer service. | 23 | | "Services" includes but is not limited to computer time, | 24 | | data
manipulation, or storage functions. | 25 | | "Vital services or operations" means those services or | 26 | | operations
required to provide, operate, maintain, and repair |
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| 1 | | network cabling,
transmission, distribution, or computer | 2 | | facilities necessary to ensure or
protect the public health, | 3 | | safety, or welfare. Those services or operations include, but | 4 | | are not limited to, services provided by medical
personnel or | 5 | | institutions, fire departments, emergency services agencies,
| 6 | | national defense contractors, armed forces or militia | 7 | | personnel, private
and public utility companies, or law | 8 | | enforcement agencies.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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