Hackers now have a new tag in the U.K.: cyberterrorists. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, enacted into law beginning Monday, people who endanger lives through the manipulation of public computer systems will be punished under the anti-terrorism law as would any . . .
Hackers now have a new tag in the U.K.: cyberterrorists. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, enacted into law beginning Monday, people who endanger lives through the manipulation of public computer systems will be punished under the anti-terrorism law as would any other terrorist. "There isn't a specific section that deals with cybercrime as such, it is covered within the various sections, but anyone who seriously interferes with, or seriously disrupts an electronic system will be dealt with under the anti-terrorism law," said a spokesman for the Home Office, the government department that oversees immigration and crime.