La police britannique avertit les Anonymous, LulzSec et les autre hacktivistes d’Internet

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La “Metropolitan Police” britannique a prit l’initiative inhabituelle d’utiliser Twitter pour envoyer un message à quiconque envisage de soutenir les cyberattaques contre des entreprises et des gouvernements présents sur Internet.

Le compte Twitter officiel Met Police’s a affiché un message de mise en garde à tous les hacktivistes qui décident de s’engager dans le déni de service (DoS, DDoS), le défiguration des sites Web ou dans des vols de bases de données. Dans le passé, les hacktivistes ont comparés leurs activités à de la désobéissance civile légitime, mais une telle opinion n’est pas une défense si les pirates présumés sont traduits en justice. C’est Sophos qui a remarqué le premier ce tweet.

Voici l’avertissement complet publié par la Met Police :

The investigation into the criminal activity of so-called “hacktivist” groups #Anonymous and #LulzSec continues. We want to remind people of the law in this area:

The Law Against Computer Misuse

Anyone considering accessing a computer without authority should understand that such acts are unlawful and can carry a term of imprisonment.

Under UK legislation, it is an offence if a person acts from within the UK upon a computer anywhere else in the world. It is also an offence if someone anywhere else in the world to criminally affect a computer within the UK.

The Computer Misuse Act 1990 states that anyone who gains unauthorised access to (or modifies) computer material may be liable to up to 2 years in prison (Section 1). It also says that anyone who gains unauthorised access to a computer and does an act

(a) to impair the operation of any computer;
(b) to prevent or hinder access to any program or data held in a computer, or
(c) to impair the operation of any such program or the reliability of any such data;

…may be imprisoned for up to 10 years upon conviction (Section 3).

These offences cover the acts of unauthorised access to personal accounts, Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Attacks and intrusive hacks where data is taken or systems changed.

Other jurisdictions have similar law.