The Congress responded to the problem of computer crime by enacting several laws. The first federal computer crime statute was the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 ("CFAA"). The fact that only one indictment was ever made under the original CFAA before it was amended in 1986 shows how difficult it is to write effective computer crime legislation.3 CFAA is the most important computer crime statute in the U.S. because almost every other statute that deals with computer crime modifies the CFAA.