Bill Text: CT HB06439 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Ransomware.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06439 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06439-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6439
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2309
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING RANSOMWARE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to define ransomware and make it a crime to knowingly install ransomware on a computer.

Statement of Purpose:

To define ransomware and make it a crime to knowingly install ransomware on a computer.