> the Civil Liberties Committee<div><br></div><div>One has to chuckle at this. What a liberty! Or Orwellian..</div><div><br></div><div>j<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:22 AM, <a href="http://cdel.firsthand.net">cdel.firsthand.net</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdel@firsthand.net">cdel@firsthand.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Anybody have a handle on this?</div><div>Brought to my attention by Catherine on the ORG list.<br>

<br>Christian de Larrinaga<div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="#000000"><br></font><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120326IPR41843/html/Hacking-IT-systems-to-become-a-criminal-offence" target="_blank">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120326IPR41843/html/Hacking-IT-systems-to-become-a-criminal-offence</a></span><br>

<span></span><br><span>'Cyber attacks on IT systems would become a criminal offence</span><br><span>punishable by at least two years in prison throughout the EU under a</span><br><span>draft law backed by the Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday.</span><br>

<span>Possessing or distributing hacking software and tools would also be an</span><br><span>offence, and companies would be liable for cyber attacks committed for</span><br><span>their benefit. '</span><br><span></span><br>

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