Computer Misuse Act
In this article the Computer Misuse Act 1990 was raised. It states that a teenage from Dorset England. Aaron Caffrey aged 19 had apparently sent a virus to another person computer while they were at work at America’s bigger port. The convicted was accused of hacking into the system and sent a virus use cause the either network of computers which caused them all to crash.
The law that he had broken was the Computer Misuse Act 1990 the law states the following:
“The Act contains three main offences which are categorised under the following Sections:
Section 1
1(1) A person is guilty of an offence if
a) He/she causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in a computer
b) The access he intends to secure is unauthorised or c) He/she knows at the time when he/she causes the computer to perform the function that this is the case.
1(2) The intention a person has to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at
a) Any particular program or data
b) A program or data of any particular kind or c) A program or data held in any particular computer.
1(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
In this section it clearly states that if a person uses their computer in the intent to use it to secure access to any program or data then they will be convicted of committing the crime, Aaron targeted a specific program or website where he knew that a person called Bookie would open eventually so when she does the virus will affect her computer and because she accessed it from a work place it affect the entire America’s port, in Houston, Texes.
Section 2
2(1) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he/she commits an offence under section 1 above ("the unauthorised access offence") with intention
a) To
The law that he had broken was the Computer Misuse Act 1990 the law states the following:
“The Act contains three main offences which are categorised under the following Sections:
Section 1
1(1) A person is guilty of an offence if
a) He/she causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in a computer
b) The access he intends to secure is unauthorised or c) He/she knows at the time when he/she causes the computer to perform the function that this is the case.
1(2) The intention a person has to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at
a) Any particular program or data
b) A program or data of any particular kind or c) A program or data held in any particular computer.
1(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
In this section it clearly states that if a person uses their computer in the intent to use it to secure access to any program or data then they will be convicted of committing the crime, Aaron targeted a specific program or website where he knew that a person called Bookie would open eventually so when she does the virus will affect her computer and because she accessed it from a work place it affect the entire America’s port, in Houston, Texes.
Section 2
2(1) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he/she commits an offence under section 1 above ("the unauthorised access offence") with intention
a) To