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Message-ID: <CAH8yC8kJunbagGoYethd42VNR5n09SHtZxu7Zqs0XW9aHgC8nA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 22:02:51 -0400 From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> To: "Ivan .Heca" <ivanhec@...il.com> Cc: Full Disclosure List <fulldisclosure@...lists.org> Subject: Re: [FD] Computer hackers face life in prison under new Government crackdown on cyber terrorism | Mail Online On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Ivan .Heca <ivanhec@...il.com> wrote: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649452/Computer-hackers-face-life-prison-new-Government-crackdown-cyber-terrorism.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 > I can see where this could be abused. Its a lot like the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the USA: But a new offence of 'unauthorised access to a computer' will be created - carrying a maximum life sentence. On the good side, its a tool to use against spammers. In the US, there's already some opinions on it: * A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT: FINALLY, A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR “ANYTHING WRONG” [1] * SPAM and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act * Facebook wins $3M Judgment Under CAN+SPAM and CFAA [3] Who would not like to see Network Solutions prosecuted for a CFAA-like violation due to the spam they spew? Jeff [1] http://www.balch.com/files/Publication/01d78bb1-08f4-4a25-8cf5-c5200c4834a7/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/981f7964-3af6-434a-ba24-050ba913390a/A_Practitioner%27s_Guide-GCOOKWHT.pdf [2] http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/rwarner/classes/certificate/contracting/trespass_2_spam_cfaa.ppt [3] http://ilccyberreport.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/facebook-wins-3m-judgment-under-canspam-and-cfaa/ _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
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