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Yes, Prime Minister, rewrite the Computer Misuse Act: Brit infosec outfits urge reform

Out-of-date law prevents Britain from fully developing its cybersecurity industry, say campaigners

Ex-director cops community service after 5,000-file deletion spree on company Dropbox

'Revenge' attack cost biz £100k, say police

20 months behind bars for IT support worker who nicked £30k worth of crypto-cash

Perp had previous conviction for obtaining property by deception

iCloud hacker perv cops nearly 3 years in jail for stealing and sharing people's private, intimate pics

He was also secretly filming in leisure centres

Academics call for UK's Computer Misuse Act 1990 to be reformed

Report suggests public interest defences for infosec professionals, academics and journalists

Hospital hacker spared prison after plod find almost 9,000 cardiac images at his home

UpdatedNHS working with cops and ICO to determine if patients must be told

National Lottery Sentry MBA hacker given nine months in jail after swiping just £5

'You targeted a large charitable organisation' thundered judge

Londoner who tried to blackmail Apple with 300m+ iCloud account resets was reusing stale old creds

Community service for 'Turkish Crime Family' wannabe big dog

Jet2 hacker who deleted every account on UK company's domain cops 5 months in jail

Disgruntled ex-techie took just 13 minutes to almost wreak havoc

Londoner admits illegally accessing National Lottery accounts

Sentencing due in January for Sentry MBA shenanigans

Pack your bags, you're going to America, Lord Chief Justice tells accused Brit hacker

High Court throws out Nathan Wyatt's extradition appeal

Londoner accused of accessing National Lottery users' accounts

Case to be heard in full next year

Leeds IT bloke pleads guilty to hacking Jet2 CEO's email account

Exclusive27-year-old 'fessed up to 8 offences

If there were almost a million computer misuse crimes last year, Action Fraud is only passing 2% of cases to cops

You know my stats don't lie and I'm starting to feel it's wrong

Brighton perv cops community service for 'hacking' women's Facebook accounts

Guilty plea to Computer Misuse Act crimes

Teen TalkTalk hacker ordered to pay £400k after hijacking popular Instagram account

Sanitised browser history sparked another investigation

Brit infosec firms urge PM Boris to reform the Computer Misuse Act

Let us compete globally, say threat intel outfits

London cop illegally used police database to monitor investigation into himself

And now he's a convicted criminal – but still in uniform

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