10 U.S.C. § 923 — Art. 123. Offenses concerning Government computers

(a) In General

A person subject to this chapter who does any of the following may be punished as a court-martial directs:

(1) The person knowingly accesses a Government computer for an unauthorized purpose, obtains classified information^* by doing so while having reason to believe the information could injure the United States or benefit a foreign nation, and intentionally communicates, delivers, transmits, or causes that information to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted to someone not entitled to receive it.

(2) The person intentionally accesses a Government computer for an unauthorized purpose and thereby obtains classified or other protected information from a Government computer.

(3) The person knowingly causes a program, information, code, or command to be transmitted and, as a result, intentionally causes unauthorized damage to a Government computer.

(b) Definitions

(1) “Computer” has the meaning given in section 1030 of title 18.

(2) “Government computer” means a computer owned or operated by, or for, the United States Government.

(3) “Damage” has the meaning given in section 1030 of title 18. This section does not define “unauthorized purpose,” “classified information,” or “protected information.”