---
id: 664
title: "Bugcrowd security flash: CFAA and thought crime"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bugcrowd-security-flash-cfaa-and-thought-crime/"
published_at: "2025-02-13 23:04"
tags: ["cyber-policy", "security-research", "bugcrowd", "legislation", "cfaa", "hacker-rights"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/664"
lang: en
---

# Bugcrowd security flash: CFAA and thought crime

## Summary

Bugcrowd's Security Flash examines the Cyber Conspiracy Modernization Act, which would raise CFAA penalties and add conspiracy charges — a move that could chill good-faith security research.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2025-02-13 23:04
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bugcrowd-security-flash-cfaa-and-thought-crime/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/664