Ley No. 1042, unauthorized access to computer systems
Ley No. 1042, 27-Oct-2020, arts. 4-5
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In force since 29 December 2020.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not access, intercept, or use a computer system without authorization or in excess of the authorization granted.
- Reading a public, unauthenticated page without defeating any access control has not itself been held to violate this article.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
Article 4: imprisonment of one to three years and 200 to 500 day-fines. Article 5: imprisonment of two to four years and 300 to 500 day-fines. Both increase by a third at their upper and lower limits for a commercial-purpose offense or one directed at a public office or a regulated financial entity (art. 4-5, common paragraph).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Article 4 punishes a person who intentionally and without authorization, or in excess of the authorization granted, accesses, intercepts, or partially or wholly uses a computer system, with imprisonment of one to three years and 200 to 500 day-fines.
Article 5 punishes accessing a program or stored data with intent to appropriate it or to commit another offense with it, with imprisonment of two to four years and 300 to 500 day-fines; both penalties increase by a third at their upper and lower limits when committed for commercial purposes or against a public office or a bank, microfinance institution, or other regulated financial entity. Neither article was among those Ley No. 1219 of 2024 reformed.
Article 47 of Ley No. 1042 repealed articles 192, 193, 194, 198, 245, and 246 of the prior Ley No. 641, Codigo Penal (2007), which had held Nicaragua's computer-offense provisions before this Act.
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