The UK government has said it wants to hand out life sentences to anyone found guilty of a cyberattack that results in loss of life, serious illness, serious injury, or serious damage to national security (or a “significant risk thereof”. The plan, which frighteningly, is broadly written, is proposed as an update to Britain’s Computer Misuse Act 1990 and would also hand out harsher sentences to any hacker carrying out industrial (commercial) espionage. Even minor hacking crimes can result in sentences up to 14 years.
Winds of change - Britain toughens up hacking laws - life sentences for some cybercrimes
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Winds of change - Britain toughens up hacking laws - life sentences for some cybercrimes
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