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Everyone is in favour of sending hackers to prison for longer, but technology commentator Bill Thompson wonders if our MPs are competent to make good cyber-laws. If all goes to plan and the fuss over ID cards and school governance does not derail the parliamentary timetable, then we will soon have a new Police and Justice Act. . It makes many changes to the criminal law, but anyone considering writing a virus, hacking a bank system, launching a phishing or denial of service attack or installing some of the dodgier tools that can be used to 'test' network security should pay particular attention to clauses 33 to 36.. It makes many changes to the criminal law, but anyone considering writing a virus, hacking a bank sy. everyone, favour, sending, hackers, prison, longer, technology, commentator, thomp. . Brittany Day
At Def Con in Amsterdam, computer security experts say the draft of Europe's Cybercrime Treaty could spark a 21st century witch hunt Meet the world's newest class of persecuted artists: computer hackers. European Union nations, and perhaps even . . . . At Def Con in Amsterdam, computer security experts say the draft of Europe's Cybercrime Treaty could spark a 21st century witch hunt Meet the world's newest class of persecuted artists: computer hackers. European Union nations, and perhaps even the United States, are about to make nearly any form of hacking -- even security research -- illegal by treaty. The possibility scares European computer security experts gathered this week for Def Con Europe -- so much so that one hacker called it "the witch hunt of the 21st century". The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . At Def Con in Amsterdam, computer security experts say the draft of Europe's Cybercrime Treaty could. amsterdam, computer, security, experts, draft, europe's, cybercrime, treaty. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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