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Friday, November 10, 2006

U.K. outlaws denial-of-service attacks

A U.K. law has been passed that makes it an offense to launch denial-of-service attacks, which experts had previously called “a legal gray area.”

Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system.

http://sympatico-msn-ca.com.com/UK+outlaws+denial-of-service+attacks/2100-7348_3-6134472.html?part=sympatico-msn-ca&tag=feed_2570&subj=ns_6134472

Posted on 11/10
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