[maxerickson]

Yes. It's from the famous CFAA.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030

It's a perfectly reasonable principle to write into law, a password or key or whatever doesn't give an employee the right to damage the systems of their employer.

[merpnderp]

What if it's and accident?

[alt2319]

Then there's no criminal intent (mens rea) and the law doesn't apply.