Abstract

This paper examines the scope and application of the clause of exclusion of penalty passed in article 16 of Act number 21.459 on cybercrime, which regulates au-thorized access to a computer system in the framework of security research, concluding that it is unnecessary in light of the definition of the criminal offense of illegal access in the Chilean legislation. In that sense, it is concluded that article 16 has, in fact, an expressive-integrating effect on the importance of computer system security research.