Law makers in Britain are discussing a dramatic increase in sentencing for serious hacking offenses,according to The Register. Currently in discussion in the country’s upper house, The House of Lords, the move looks to overhaul the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and includes a possible life sentence for serious hackers.
Under current UK law and the aforementioned Computer Misuse Act 1990, hackers can serve a maximum jail time of five years, so a move to an upper limit of ’14 years and life imprisonment’, as proposed by the Serious Crimes Bill, would represent a major increase to reflect the seriousness with which cybercriminals are increasingly being treated.
UK takes aim at hacking offenses with planned life sentences
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