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UK Cyber-Crime Laws Target Hacker Tool Authors: The TOrnkit Case

Cyber-crime laws and cops are now targeting those who write and distribute hacker toolkits. Currently, the case helping to establish a precedent on how authors of virus toolkits will be prosecuted in the UK is the case involving the author of . . . . Cyber-crime laws and cops are now targeting those who write and distribute hacker toolkits. Currently, the case helping to establish a precedent on how authors of virus toolkits will be prosecuted in the UK is the case involving the author of "TOrnkit", a suite of programs designed to enable hackers to hide their presence on cracked Linux computers. The law being used to prosecute the 21-year-old author of this toolkit, who Scotland Yard nabbed last week in a London suburb, is the 1990 Computer Misuse Act. How this law is interpreted with regard to "TOrnkit" will go a long way in setting the playing field for the prosecution of other authors of "hacker-helper" code. Dave Dittrich, University of Washington's senior security engineer commented. "Most of the versions (of TOrnkit and other hacker toolkit software) are circulated in the (hacker) underground, and they're tightly held." The link for this article located at VirusList.com is no longer available. . Cyber-crime laws and cops are now targeting those who write and distribute hacker toolkits. Currentl. cyber-crime, targeting, those, write, distribute, hacker, toolkits, currentl. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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