No it's not acceptable! But they seem to do what ever suits them! On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Ivan . <[email protected]> wrote:
> According to Struan Robertson, a technology lawyer with Pinsent > Masons, in a posting on Out-Law.com, the BBC's statement that the > activity would only be illegal if those behind it had criminal intent > is not true. Robertson said "The BBC appears to have broken the > Computer Misuse Act by causing 22,000 computers to send spam. It does > not matter that the emails were sent to the BBC's own accounts and > criminal intent is not necessary to establish an offence of > unauthorised access to a computer". However, Robertson does not think > the BBC will be punished for the action "because the BBC's actions > probably caused no harm." > > > http://www.h-online.com/security/The-BBC-acquired-a-botnet-but-was-it-legal-Update--/news/112834 > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- http://www.astorandblack.com
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