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The Supreme Court pared down a controversial anti-hacking law A ‘breathtaking amount’ of everyday computer use was at stake Share this story Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a controversial anti-hacking law which bans “exceeding authorized access” on a computer system, was narrowed by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 6-3 ruling. The court said the law shouldn’t cover people misusing systems they’re allowed to access and that claiming otherwise would criminalize a “breathtaking amount” of everyday computer use. The court case, Van Buren v. United States, concerns a former Georgia police officer named Nathan Van Buren. Van Buren accepted $5,000 in exchange for looking up a woman’s license plate in a police database. (The deal was actually an FBI sting operation, and the plate number was fictitious.) Because the exchange violated department rules, prosecutors said Van Buren had “exceeded access” to the system

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