Computer Misuse (Amendement) Bill

ukcrypto@locofungus.org ukcrypto at locofungus.org
Mon, 13 May 2002 08:53:44 +0100 (BST)


On Sun, 12 May 2002, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Peter Sommer writes ("Computer Misuse (Amendement) Bill"):
> ...
>   (2) A person is guilty of the offence in subsection (1)(a) even if
>       the act was not intended to cause such an effect, provided that
>       a reasonable person could have anticipated that the act would
>       have caused such an effect.

And so people who install IIS and don't patch it will now be committing
an offence.

Where do I report them all to? :-)

Tim.

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