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The Computer Misuse Act 1990: Lessons from its Past and Predictions for its Future. .

The age of the internet has thrown down some real challenges to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Recently, the Government made changes to this piece of legislation, in an attempt to meet two of those challenges--the proliferation of "Denial of Service" (DOS.) attacks, and the creation and dissemination...

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Published in:Criminal Law Review no. 12; pp. 955 - 968
Main Author: MacEwan, Neil
Format: Article
Published: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. Dec2008
Subjects:
Internet laws
Internet fraud
Computer crimes
Computer hacking
Computer security
United Kingdom
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