It borrows heavily from 1980s cyberpunk/hacker culture [1]. Tangentially, the CFAA was originally passed after Reagan saw the Wargames film [2] and told Congress to send him legislation to address what he thought was the issue [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_security_hacking_incid...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames

[3] https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1400839225918967808

Paul Graham is mentioned [1] in the Wikipedia article. Small world eh

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm#:~:text=however%...