Ley Especial contra los Delitos Informáticos y Conexos, acceso indebido a sistemas informáticos
Decreto Legislativo No. 260, art. 4
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In force.
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 by exceeding the authorization you were granted.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Imprisonment of one to four years on conviction (art. 4).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Article 4 punishes with one to four years' imprisonment anyone who intentionally and without authorization, or exceeding the authorization granted, accesses, intercepts or uses in whole or in part a computer system using information and communication technologies.
The article carries no requirement that the offender defeat a security measure to reach the system, unlike a statute conditioning the offence on infringing a technical control, so whether reading a public, unauthenticated page falls inside or outside 'sin autorización' turns on a reading no reported Salvadoran decision has settled.
The decree has since been amended twice, by Decreto Legislativo No. 236 (2021) and Decreto Legislativo No. 332 (2019); the text consulted is the consolidated version carrying both reform notes. It was sanctioned by the President on 26 February 2016; the located text does not state the Official Gazette publication date needed to compute the exact eight-day commencement date its own vigencia article sets.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Official consolidated decree text, Órgano Judicial's Diario Oficial document repository