On November 19, the New Jersey Attorney General entered into a $1,000,000 settlement with E-Sports, a website that had allegedly deployed malicious software onto its own users’ computers, creating a virtual network to mine bitcoins. The AG asserted claims for deceptive and unconscionable commercial practices under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, N.J. Stat. § 56:8-1 et. seq., and claims for unauthorized access under the New Jersey Computer Related Offenses Act, N.J. Stat. § 2A:38A-1 et. seq. E-Sports agreed to the creation of a new consumer information page that specifies what types of data E-Sports collects, the manner in which the data is collected, and how the information is used. The company also agreed to refrain from any unfair or deceptive acts.
