[Full-disclosure] UK cybercrime overhaul finally comes into effect, DDoS doubly illegal from 1 October

2008-09-30 Thread n3td3v
Updates to the ageing Computer Misuse Act (CMA) finally come into force in England and Wales on Wednesday (1 October). Modifications to the CMA - which was enacted in 1990 before the advent of the interweb - were included in the Police and Justice Act 2006. These changes were then themselves amend

Re: [Full-disclosure] UK cybercrime overhaul finally comes into effect, DDoS doubly illegal from 1 October

2008-09-30 Thread n3td3v
Gary Mckinnon is such an unlucky bastard, :( On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:14 PM, n3td3v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First up, the maximum penalty for unauthorised access to a computer > system (the least serious of three hacking offences covered in the > original act) has been raised from six months