REPORT TITLE:
Cyber Terrorism
DESCRIPTION:
Establishes the offenses of cyber terrorism of law enforcement
officer and cyber terrorism.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 2132
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000 H.D.1
STATE OF HAWAII
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CYBER TERRORISM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
1 SECTION 1. Section 708-890, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
2 amended by adding eight new definitions to be appropriately
3 inserted and to read as follows:
4 ""Cyber" means the electronic, digital, cellular, and
5 telecommunication media in which communication can be established
6 from one transmitter to another, i.e., the internet.
7 "Domain name" on the internet, consists of a set of network
8 addresses. This domain is organized in levels in the internet's
9 domain name system (DNS). A domain is a name with which name
10 server records are associated that describe sub-domains or hosts.
11 "Internet service provider" (ISP) means an entity that
12 provides access services to the internet.
13 "E-mail" means electronic mail. It is usually provided by an
14 ISP. It allows for the delivery of mail (messages) over the
15 internet.
16 "Internet" means the electronic network that connects hosts
17 together making it possible to go from one web page to another
18 efficiently. It is also identified as the worldwide web (www).
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1 "Law enforcement officer" means any person as defined in
2 Section 712A-1.
3 "Personal information" means social security numbers,
4 employer identification numbers, financial account numbers, dates
5 of birth, drivers license identification, or any other
6 identification that is proprietary to an individual person."
7 "Terrorism" means to threaten by word or conduct, to cause
8 bodily injury to another person or serious damage to property of
9 another, or to commit a felony with the intent to terrorize, or
10 in reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing, another person;
11 or with intent to cause, or in reckless disregard of the risk of
12 causing evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility
13 of public transportation."
14 SECTION 2. Chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
15 by adding two new sections to be appropriately designated and to
16 read as follows:
17 "§708- Cyber terrorism of law enforcement officer. (1)
18 A person commits the offense of cyber terrorism of law
19 enforcement officer if:
20 (a) Without the consent of the law enforcement officer, and
21 with the intent to threaten, harass, annoy, or alarm a
22 law enforcement officer, or in reckless disregard of
23 the risk thereof, that person constructs, establishes
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1 or maintains a website on the Internet, or transmits e-
2 mail, with the personal information of the law
3 enforcement officer; or, without the consent of a law
4 enforcement officer a person possesses personal
5 information of law enforcement officers from the
6 internet; or
7 (b) Without the consent of the law enforcement officer, a
8 person assumes the law enforcement officers personal
9 information with the intent to threaten, harass, annoy,
10 or alarm a law enforcement officer, or any other person
11 related to the law enforcement officer; or
12 (2) An internet service provider, with its identified
13 domain name, commits the offense of cyber terrorism of law
14 enforcement officer if the internet service provider:
15 (a) Assists, establishes in the construction, or
16 maintenance of a website that allows the personal
17 information of a law enforcement officer to be viewed
18 on the internet; and,
19 (b) After three written warnings to the internet service
20 provider, the internet service provider refuses to
21 remove the personal information of a law enforcement
22 officer and continues to recklessly allow personal
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1 information of a law enforcement officer to be
2 accessible from their site.
3 (3) Cyber terrorism of a law enforcement officer is a class
4 B felony.
5 §708- Cyber terrorism. (1) A person commits the
6 offense of Cyber terrorism if:
7 (a) Without the consent of another, a person assumes the
8 personal information of another and utilizes the
9 personal information of another on the internet and e-
10 mail with the intent to threaten, harass, annoy, or
11 alarm another or any other person; or,
12 (2) An internet service provider, with its identified
13 domain name, commits the offense of cyber terrorism if the
14 internet service provider:
15 (a) Assists, establishes in the construction, or
16 maintenance of a website that allows personal
17 information to be viewed on the internet; and
18 (b) After three written warnings to the internet service
19 provider, the internet service provider refuses to
20 remove the personal information of another and
21 continues to recklessly allow personal information of
22 another to be accessible from their site.
23 (3) Cyber terrorism is a class C felony."
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1 SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that
2 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
3 begun, before its effective date.
4 SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
5 SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.