Outline the offences covered by UK Computer Misuse legislation.
Using someone’s computer without permission
Breaking in to steal information, money, or cause harm to computer
Deleting, changing, or damaging someone else’s data without permission
Outline the maximum penalties for breaching UK Computer Misuse legislation.
Simple hacking: up to 2 years in prison or a fine.
Hacking to commit a crime: up to 5 years in prison or a fine.
Changing or deleting data illegally: up to 10 years in prison or a fine.
Punishment depends on how serious the crime is.
Discuss how the UK Computer Misuse legislation applies to phishing attacks.
It is illegal
Attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, bank account info’s by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.
Phishers can be fined or imprisoned for breaking computer misuse law.
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
“Distributed” means the attack comes from many computers, not just one.
A DDoS attack is when many computers flood a website at same time with too much traffic to make it stop working or slow down.
Discuss how UK Computer Misuse legislation applies to distributed Denial-of-Service attacks.
performing a DDoS attack is illegal,
it involves unauthorised access, interferes with computer systems, attackers can face criminal penalties.
