2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title J - OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT
Article 156 - (156.00 - 156.50) OFFENSES INVOLVING COMPUTERS; DEFINITION OF TERMS
156.26 - Computer tampering in the second degree.


NY Penal L § 156.26 (2012) What's This?
 
  § 156.26 Computer tampering in the second degree.
    A  person is guilty of computer tampering in the second degree when he
  or she commits the crime of computer tampering in the fourth degree  and
  he or she intentionally alters in any manner or destroys:
    1.  computer  data  or a computer program so as to cause damages in an
  aggregate amount exceeding three thousand dollars; or
    2. computer material that contains records of the medical  history  or
  medical treatment of an identified or readily identifiable individual or
  individuals  and  as  a  result  of such alteration or destruction, such
  individual or individuals suffer serious physical injury, and he or  she
  is  aware  of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable
  risk that such serious physical injury may occur.
    Computer tampering in the second degree is a class D felony.

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