A feasibility study by RAND of the proposal for a European Cybercrime Centre (ECC) suggests that the result risks becoming a bit lopsided. The proposal made in 2010 as part of the the Commission’s Internal Security Strategy seemed to be for a small organisation – perhaps a dozen people or so – to help Member [...]
I was recently struck by just how new most of the legislation creating duties for operators of electronic communications network is. Compared to the Computer Misuse Act, which has only had one amendment since 1990, these laws seem to be changing a lot faster:
Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 – with a significant update already [...]
As well as suggesting improvements to the Commission’s proposed offences relating to “hacking tools”, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) draft response contains a couple of more concerning ideas.
In general LIBE seems even more convinced than the Commission that “hacking” is highly dangerous for the digital society. It’s therefore a bit [...]
The European Commission seems to be revisiting ground covered by the UK’s 2006 amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, attempting to criminalise certain acts relating to devices/tools used for committing offences against information systems. The problem is that many computer programs – for example for identifying vulnerable computers, monitoring wireless networks or testing password strength [...]