gnaremooz writes "A U.K. law has been passed that makes it an offense to launch denial-of-service attacks. The penalties for violating the new statues are stiff, with sentences increased from 5 to 10 years. The five year penalty was from the 1990 "Computer Misuse Act", which was enacted before the Internet became widespread. The idea of stiffer penalties for DoS attacks are probably something we can all get behind, but the language of the law is frustratingly vague."
From the article: "Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/11/0922243&from=rss
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Is anyone enough old enough to remember the juventuz DoS? We were practically offline for like month and a half because some jackass thought it was fun to pound us with traffic. Imagine that guy in jail for 5 years over it.
From the article: "Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/11/0922243&from=rss
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Is anyone enough old enough to remember the juventuz DoS? We were practically offline for like month and a half because some jackass thought it was fun to pound us with traffic. Imagine that guy in jail for 5 years over it.
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transition year student to help me. He spent half of his time playing a really slick looking, modern, 3D Prince of Persia. 
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I doubt that too...