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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10881

5 July 2013
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) jha
Tougher penalties for cybercrime

Brussels, 04/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday, MEPs adopted tougher rules on cybercrime (attacks on computer systems). The draft directive they adopted requires member states to introduce minimum two-year prison sentences for the following crimes: hacking into information systems or illegally interfering with said systems, unauthorised interference with data, hacking into messages or making and selling tools for similar crimes. Lesser crimes are not covered, but it will be...

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