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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.49

Definition Of Computer Tampering

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A person commits the offense of computer tampering when he knowingly and [(without

the authorization of a computer's owner) (in excess of the authority granted to him by the

computer's owner)]

[1] [(accesses a computer or any part of a computer) (causes a computer or any part of a

computer to be accessed) (accesses a program) (causes a program to be accessed) (accesses data)

(causes data to be accessed)].

[or]

[2] [(accesses a computer or any part of a computer) (causes a computer or any part of a

computer to be accessed) (accesses a program) (causes a program to be accessed) (accesses data)

(causes data to be accessed)], and obtains [(data) (services)].

[or]

[3] [(accesses a computer or any part of a computer) (causes a computer or any part of a

computer to be accessed) (accesses a program) (causes a program to be accessed) (accesses data)

(causes data to be accessed)], and [(damages the computer) (destroys the computer) (alters a

computer program) (deletes a computer program) (removes a computer program) (alters data)

(deletes data) (removes data)].

[or]

[4] [(inserts) (attempts to insert)] a program into a [(computer) (computer program)] [

(knowing) (having reason to believe)] that such program contains information or commands that

[(will) (may)] [(damage that computer or any other computer subsequently accessing or being

accessed by that computer) (destroy that computer or any other computer subs equently accessing

or being accessed by that computer) (alter a computer program or data from that computer or any

other computer program or data in a computer subsequently accessing or being accessed by that

computer) (delete a computer program or data fr om that computer, or any other computer

program or data in a computer subsequently accessing or being accessed by that computer)

(remove a computer program or data from that computer, or any other computer program or data

in a computer subsequently accessing or being accessed by that computer) (cause loss to the

users of that computer or the users of a computer which accesses or which is accessed by such

program)].

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2026-08-19
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