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View Full Version : COURT JUDGEMENT IS NO CARTE-BLANCHE FOR DOSSERS, November 11


lotuseclat79
November 11th, 2005, 04:21 PM
There is a great deal of uncertainty about the legal implications of a recent court ruling that a denial of service (DoS) e-mail attack did not constitute a crime under UK law. So does this ruling mean that people who maliciously attack servers – DoSsers - are now safe from prosecution in the UK? Probably not, say a group of communications experts, but the law urgently needs to be made clearer.

Story (http://www.physorg.com/news8100.html).

-- Tom