The Computer Misuse Act of 1990, which criminalises people who attempt to access or modify data on a computer without authorisation, is well past being due for an overhaul and may even be putting the ...

The long-awaited reform of Britain’s outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 – which has hamstrung the work of the nation’s cyber security professionals and researchers for years – is to be included in a ...

In one of her final opinions before joining the Delaware Supreme Court, Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves addressed various statutory computer misuse claims against a former employee and awarded ...

Portugal has become the latest country to carve out protections for researchers under its cybersecurity law.… The move increases pressure on the UK after a government minister admitted last week that ...

The Computer Misuse Act turns 30 next year, with some in the industry calling for revisions to be made to bring it up to speed with modern security research practices. However, as Dan Raywood finds ...

Some in the UK security industry are calling for an update to the CMA to allow them to conduct security research without threat of prosecution. The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990 defines what ...

The new UK government has vowed to treat cybersecurity as a matter of national security and is “considering all options” to curb cybercrime, according to the Minister for Security, Dan Jarvis. This ...

More than 400 officers and staff of British police forces have been disciplined or dismissed for misuse of computers during the past five years, according to new data released under the U.K.'s Freedom ...

Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan has released a report revealing computer misuse by multiple employees. The report details that between April 2021 and February 2024, the OIG issued six ...