Cybercrime
Unauthorized access to a computer by telecommunications
Unauthorized access to a computer by telecommunications is an offence contrary to Section 27A of the Telecommunications Ordinance (Chapter 106). Unauthorized access occurs, where the person accessing the computer is not the person entitled to control access to the computer, has no authorization to access the computer, does not believe either that he or she has that authority or that authority would have been given had it been applied for. The intent of the person need not be directed at any particular or particular kind of programme or data, or a programme or data held in a particular computer.
