Assembly Bill A2301

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the crime of larceny by cyber extortion

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2301 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S881
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §155.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8561, S8296
2025-2026: S83

2023-A2301 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the crime of larceny by cyber extortion which occurs when a person intends to obtain property from another person or entity located in the state of New York through the use of certain malicious software.

2023-A2301 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2301
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   larceny by cyber extortion
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 155.05 of the penal law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) BY CYBER EXTORTION.
   A PERSON OBTAINS PROPERTY BY CYBER EXTORTION WHEN HE OR SHE INTENDS TO
 OBTAIN PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY LOCATED IN  THE  STATE  OF
 NEW  YORK IN CONSIDERATION OF HIM OR HER REMOVING OR OTHERWISE REMEDIAT-
 ING THE IMPACT OF A SET OF MACHINE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONS THAT  RESTRICTS
 THE PERSON'S OR ENTITY'S ACCESS TO HIS OR HER COMPUTER, COMPUTER SYSTEM,
 COMPUTER  NETWORK,  OR  ANY  DATA  THEREIN,  THAT IS DESIGNED TO MODIFY,
 DAMAGE, DESTROY, RECORD, OR  TRANSMIT  INFORMATION  WITHIN  A  COMPUTER,
 COMPUTER  SYSTEM,  OR COMPUTER NETWORK OR RENDER INOPERABLE OR OTHERWISE
 MODIFY SUCH PERSON'S OR ENTITY'S COMPUTER, COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR  COMPUTER
 NETWORK  WITHOUT THE INTENT OR PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OF SUCH COMPUTER,
 COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER NETWORK, OR ANY DATA CONTAINED THEREIN,  HERE-
 INAFTER  REFERRED  TO  AS MALICIOUS COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS, AND HE OR SHE
 INTENDED  TO  IMPLEMENT  AND  DID  IMPLEMENT  SUCH  MALICIOUS   COMPUTER
 INSTRUCTIONS,  THREATENED TO IMPLEMENT WHETHER OR NOT HE OR SHE INTENDED
 TO IMPLEMENT SUCH MALICIOUS COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS, OR, EVEN THOUGH  THEY
 WERE  NOT  IMPLEMENTED, STATED THAT SUCH MALICIOUS COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS
 WERE IMPLEMENTED ON SUCH PERSON'S OR ENTITY'S COMPUTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02922-01-3

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