Denial of service attackers face 10 years in jail

Denial of service attackers now face up to 10 years in jail with updated computer crime laws coming into force this week as part of the new Police and Justice Act 2006. The long-overdue updating of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act also increases the sente...

Denial of service attackers now face up to 10 years in jail with updated computer crime laws coming into force this week as part of the new Police and Justice Act 2006. The long-overdue updating of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act also increases the sentence for hacking a computer from a maximum of six months to two years' imprisonment. Section three of the 1990 CMA is replaced by section 34 of the Police and Justice Act 2006, which now more explicitly covers denial of service attacks as "unauthorised acts with intent to impair operation of a computer". Well its about time they updated criminal law against hackers. It seems that technology keeps changing and hackers keep finding new way to intrude and take over systems. I wondering when other countries will step up and harshen the law against computer crimes. Especially against spam. I'm tired of getting spam or getting owned by rootkits and spyware.