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Sunday, October 15, 2006
Saudi passes cybercrime laws
The council responsible for enacting laws in Saudi Arabia has passed the Kingdom’s first legislation to address the rise in electronic crime.. The 120-member Shoura Council last week approved all 16 sections of the law, which deals with offences such as hacking, defamation and the spread of terrorism.
The maximum punishment under the new legislation is a prison sentence of ten years and a fine of US$1.3million, which can be imposed on anyone found guilty of hacking into government networks to steal information related to national security or using the internet in support of terrorism.
Any person who gains unauthorised access to a public network or who installs viruses on that network will be subject to a fine of around US$800,000 and/or up to four years in prison.
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