Welcome to Cybercrime Laws!
This blog is part of my cybercrime module taught currently at the University of Essex (UK). I see it as a database with which I, and others, can work.
The updates are not daily, partly because of lack of time, partly because it is easier to group similar subjects in one post after a week or so. RSS feeds (and sharing) are available.
The original blog was on Blogger (blogspot.com), but for maintenance purposes, transfer to Wordpress became necessary. The original blog is still up and running (I just import/export posts)
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- Anonymity
- Anonymous and Co
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- Investigation-1- Police forces (training)
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- Jurisdiction
- Offences – Child pornography
- Offences – CMA s.3A
- Offences – Conspiracy
- Offences – Defamation
- Offences – Forgery
- Offences – Fraud
- Offences – Hacking (unauthorised access)
- Offences – Hacking – Mr. McKinnon (Nasa hacker)'s case
- Offences – Harassment
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- Offences – Obscenity
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- Offences – Theft
- Offences – Unauthorised 'modification' (and co)
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- Prevention – Security
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- Providers' liability
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- Social networking – Facebook
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- Spamming
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- Technology – neither good or bad but never neutral
- Trial – Evidence
- Trial – Judges
- Trial – Jury
- Trial – or mediation
- Trial – Right to
- Trial – Training of judges
- Uncategorized
- United Nations
- Virtual Worlds
Category Archives: Offences – Theft
Stuxnet malware and Siemens: cyberwar, security and other issues
Are We Talking About ‘Cyberwar’ Or Massive Incompetence? | Techdirt. 11 August 2011 An old post but given the current context of “Flame”, the new malware running around in the Middle East, still of relevance. Stuxnet, like today Flame, was … Continue reading
Money, money, money: better to be a hacker than a traditional bank robber
Cybercrime: is it out of control? | Technology | The Guardian. Posted by Misha Glenny, 21 September 2011 Not out of control, well as long as law enforcement wake up to reality, but certainly out of scale with more … Continue reading
LOPPSI 2 : French new offence for identity theft
LOPPSI 2 : création du délit d’usurpation d’identité sur internet > Actualités du Droit- Lamy. 15 december 2010 the new offence is to “use the identity of a third person or to use one or several pieces of data that … Continue reading
Posted in Countries - France, Offences - Theft
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Piracy: looking at IP in other ways
three articles in a week to remind us that we have to rethink IP because of the new technologies, the same way printing forced us to rethink IP. Interestingly enough, Sage publishers are conducting a survey online about open access … Continue reading
Circulation of information and saving of
The Economist On Why Copyright Needs To Return To Its Roots (TechDirt, 20 April 2010). The argument is that the Statute of Queen Anne granted copyrights for only 14 or 21 or 28 years maximum. It was not during the … Continue reading
Posted in Offences - Piracy, Offences - Theft
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Virtual worlds and theft
Apparently, somebody has been arrested for theft for hacking into accounts, use avatars and steal the virtual possessions. “Real-world arrest for man who stole RuneScape virtual characters” (Times, 30 November 2009)For disapproval, “If You Gain Unauthorized Access To A Character … Continue reading
Facebook again: bad and good uses
Yes, Bad People Use Facebook Too (TechDirt, 17 november 2009)
Three Economic Nobel Laureates In A Row Recognizing Power Of Infinite Goods | Techdirt
Three Economic Nobel Laureates In A Row Recognizing Power Of Infinite Goods | Techdirt: “Three Economic Nobel Laureates In A Row Recognizing Power Of Infinite Goods”
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Diversity of access to computers/information
URL website based to distribute malware:Trojan swipes money from your banking site (ZDNet.co.uk, 30 september 2009) with a similar method:Facebook closes fake profiles spreading malware (ZDnet.co.uk, 2 oct 2009)Fake Outlook Web Access update sets malware trap (ZDnet.co.uk, 16 October 2009) … Continue reading
hacking in the US
Three indicted in largest-ever US hacking prosecution (ZDnet.co.uk, 18 August 2009) with one of them pleading guilty to ID theft Hacker pleads guilty to ID thefts worth millions (ZDnet.co.uk, 2009)
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