Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Section 9 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 9. Prohibited Acts. The following acts shall constitute access device fraud and are hereby declared to be unlawful:

"(a) producing, using, trafficking in one or more counterfeit access devices;

"x x x

"(o) x x x;

"(p) x x x;

"(q) skimming, copying or counterfeiting any credit card, payment card or debit card, and obtaining any information therein with the intent of accessing the account and operating the same whether or not cash is withdrawn or monetary injury is caused by a perpetrator against the account holder or the depositary bank;

"(r) production or possession of any software component such as programs, application, or malware, or any hardware component such as skimming device or any electronic gadget or equipment that is used to perpetrate any of the foregoing acts;

"(s) accessing, with or without authority, any application, online banking account, credit card account, ATM account, debit card account, in a fraudulent manner, regardless of whether or not it will result in monetary loss to the account holder; and

"(t) hacking refers to the unauthorized access into or interference in a computer system/server, or information and communication system, or any access in order to corrupt, alter, steal, or destroy using a computer or other similar information and communication devices without the knowledge and consent of the owner of the computer or information and communication system, including the introduction of computer viruses and the like resulting in the corruption, destruction, alteration, theft, or loss of electronic data messages or electronic documents."