Analysts wary of U.K. cybercrime law revamp
June 08, 2006
Tougher penalties, but can the law stay up to date?
Jeremy Kirk
The U.K. has sought to tighten the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 to more precisely target denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which have been used to extort operators of online gambling sites.
In November, a judge threw out a case against David Lennon, who allegedly crashed his former employer's e-mail server in a DoS attack in early 2004 using an automated program to send 5 million messages.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/
Jeremy Kirk
The U.K. has sought to tighten the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 to more precisely target denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which have been used to extort operators of online gambling sites.
In November, a judge threw out a case against David Lennon, who allegedly crashed his former employer's e-mail server in a DoS attack in early 2004 using an automated program to send 5 million messages.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/