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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 ...
Summary. Computer Misuse Act 1990 ( ) Title: Computer Misuse Act 1990. Description: English: An Act to make provision for securing computer material against ...
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 ...
If it isn't, there's an offense under the Computer Misuse Act. The unauthorized access offense covers everything from guessing the password to accessing someone's webmail account, to cracking the security of a bank. The maximum penalty for unauthorized access to a computer is two years in prison and a fine.
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]
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Long title: An Act to confer functions on the Office of Communications; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of electronic communications networks and services and of the use of the electro-magnetic spectrum; to make provision about the regulation of broadcasting and of the provision of television and radio services; to make provision about mergers involving newspaper and ...