The government realises that the Computer Misuse Act is woefully inadequate, but it will take time to develop better laws, so firms need to be on their guard, says Ken Young
In 1985, in the first test case on hacking in the UK, two men were accused of forgery, essentially for using a BT phone line to break into the Duke of Edinburgh's email box. They were freed on appe...
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