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MPs call for update of computer crime laws
Thursday, 1 July 2004 13:00 ESTThe Parliamentary All Party Internet Group (APIG) has called for the government to update computer crime laws. The MPs yesterday (30 June) urged the government to increase the maximum sentence for hacking to two years from the present six months and to categorise denial-of-service attacks as a criminal offence. The group of MPs want a new version of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act (CMA) to be introduced in November’s Queen’s Speech in response to the increasing number of security breaches spread over the Internet, which did not exist when the original Act was written.
An increase in the maximum sentence for hacking would also make it possible to extradite hackers from overseas countries.
The group of MPs also want the Home Office and the National Office of Statistics to start recording instances of computer security attacks as currently there is no official record.
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