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.