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Police warn of IT expertise shortfall
News If prosecution witnesses don't have that expertise, the case can collapse and there's no trial. Police and experts warned on Monday that prosecutions are collapsing or being conducted unfairly because of a shortage of expert witnesses with IT skills.
[February 28, 2006, 11:55]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Talkback Just another symptom of an increasingly litigious and now prosecution-happy society maybe. I understand that what he did broke the law, but that surely indictes that the law itself is faulty here. The "attack" has been likened to trying doors to...
[October 12, 2005, 11:14]
Workers' Details Sold For £2.20
Blog But what we're looking to do there is issue enforcement proceedings against those that were involved and that'll put them essentially on notice that if they get involved in this illegal trade again, then they will face prosecution.
[July 17, 2009, 20:03]
US Congress asked to unpick copy lock laws
News After Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian programmer visiting the United States, was arrested in August 2001 on charges of violating the DMCA, Boucher called the prosecution "a broad overreach". Formally titled the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act, the...
[October 4, 2002, 7:51]
The remedy that wasn't such a bitter pill
News Then-Attorney General Janet Reno said in May 1998 that the antitrust prosecution was necessary, because "no firm should be permitted to use its monopoly power to develop a chokehold on the browser software needed to access the Internet.
[March 24, 2004, 15:45]
UK fails to prosecute any spammers
News Derek Wyatt, the Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey and the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group, said he was "not at all surprised" that the ICO had failed to make a single prosecution over spam.
[February 9, 2006, 14:40]
Government 'bang to rights' over HMRC fiasco
News At present, the toughest legal penalty for the persistent or serious flouting of data laws in the UK is a £5,000 fine — and criminal prosecution is only possible after the ICO has served notice due to an information breach, and another breach occurs.
[November 21, 2007, 13:13]
Labour tech tsar attacks gov't comms-database plan
News According to consultation papers released in August, the government wants to keep the "who", "when" and "where" of communication to "assist in the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime".
[September 5, 2008, 8:21]
Exclusive: Case sets precedent for Internet crime
News Charging UK customers £25 a month for access to sites like Farmsex and Schoolgirls-R'us, Waddon thought he would escape prosecution, but as David Kerr, chief executive of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) put it: "Cases we assumed would be dealt...
[September 6, 1999, 13:36]
Watchdog calls for 'reckless data-breach' offence
News Moreover, government departments are not liable for prosecution under the DPA. The Information Commissioner's Office has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence.
[January 30, 2008, 16:52]
America debates data retention
News If those files were retained for a longer period of time, it would help in the uncovering and prosecution of these crimes. The explosive idea of forcing ISPs to record their customers' online activities for future police access is gaining ground in...
[April 18, 2006, 18:00]
Fears for Oyster security as researchers claim crack
News Using a fraudulent card for free travel is subject to prosecution. Questions have been raised about the security of chips in Oyster cards after Dutch researchers claimed to have successfully cracked and cloned cards, and travelled on London...
[June 23, 2008, 13:35]
Restrictions lifted on NY Times hacker
News The prosecution has 30 days to indict Lamo, and the judge scheduled the next hearing for 14 October. A federal judge on Friday said Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker, could go free on bail with only limited restrictions on his computer use...
[September 15, 2003, 11:10]
ID theft gang thwarts police with encryption
News According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which confirmed that Kostap had activated the encryption after being arrested, it would have taken 400 computers twelve years to crack the code. Three ID thieves have been jailed for their part in a...
[December 18, 2006, 11:16]
You've been hacked: What to do first
News It may be necessary to positively identify the intruder so that you can refer the matter to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution. Sitting at your desk, you notice some odd activity in a log while you're looking into a user...
[May 19, 2003, 12:31]
Ex-cracker slams UK cybercrime law
News Herbless does voice concern, however, about proposed international cooperation on computer crime designed to close off legal loopholes allowing fugitives to escape prosecution and establish common penalties.
[September 29, 2000, 11:10]
Microsoft strengthens HTML patent with Eolas
News Essentially, by citing these references during prosecution, Microsoft has cleared its plate of the most troubling prior art. Microsoft has won a patent for automatically downloading software from a network using the tag.
[October 11, 2004, 16:55]
EU data-retention directive leaked
News The European Commission said the measures are now "urgent" and necessary for the "prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution" of criminals and terrorists. A draft of the European Directive on data retention has been leaked, revealing that...
[August 2, 2005, 9:45]
Staff shop bosses for using pirate software
News But Saunders said prosecution is often a last resort, with the BSA preferring to make good any licence money lost through a company using illegal software. Disgruntled employees are more likely to shop their company for using unlicensed software...
[May 24, 2001, 15:58]
Firms keeping quiet about e-crime
News When they learn how we work, they usually cooperate fully with us and work towards a prosecution," said Hynds. Three-quarters of companies that suffered a high-tech criminal attack in 2003 failed to contact the police, according to figures released...
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
