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Making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in computer misuse offences, punishable by up to two years in prison or a fine or both. [21] Section 38. Transitional and saving provision. [22] The amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 by Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2015. [17] are Section 41 (new Section 3ZA of the Computer Misuse Act ...
The case related to hacking and tampering with information on a computer. By the time the appeal was heard, section 3(6) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 [ 3 ] added into law that modifying the contents of a computer was not to be regarded as damage to the computer or computer storage medium, unless the effects impaired the storage medium's ...
Provisions are also added to allow ministers to take action to protect the public interest in monopoly situations (s. 11A of the 1949 Act) and to provide for compensation for Crown use of registered designs (para. 2A to Schedule 1 to the 1949 Act). A consolidated version of the Registered Designs Act 1949 is included (s. 273, Schedule 4).
DPP v Lennon is the first reported criminal case in the United Kingdom concerning denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. [1] The appeal court found that DoS attacks constituted an offence of unauthorised modification under s. 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA) and thus clarified the law regarding DoS.
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March: Computer systems in the city of Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, are seized by hackers with ransomware. They did not pay the ransom, [119] and two Iranians were indicted by the FBI on cyber crime charges for the breach. [120] The town of Wasaga Beach in Ontario, Canada computer systems are seized by hackers with ransomware. [121]
Summary. Computer Misuse Act 1990 ( ) Title: Computer Misuse Act 1990. Description: English: An Act to make provision for securing computer material against ...
Long title: An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Street Offences Act 1959, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005, the Prison Act 1952 and the Terrorism Act ...