Computer Misuse Act prosecution numbers falling

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Only 10 people were prosecuted successfully from 19 cases brought under the Act in 2007

The CMA was brought into law to tackle hacking The number of people found guilty of charges brought under the Computer Misuse Act has fallen for two years consecutively and is at its lowest level...

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