COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Computing Legislation Case Studies

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Computing Legislation Case Studies

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Case 1: Case of R v Lewys Stephen Martin Maidstone Crown Court 16 May 2013 T 20130081 Accused of interfering with workings of the websites of Kent Police, Oxford University and Cambridge University.

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Case 1: verdict Case of R v Lewys Stephen Martin Maidstone Crown Court 16 May 2013 T 20130081 Computer Misuse Act 1990, s 1 : Unauthorised accesss, s 3 : Unauthorised modification; s 3 A : Making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in offence under section 1 or 3 (Sentence: x 2 Years Imprisonment )

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Case 2: DPP v Bignall and Another Queens Bench Division [1997] EWHC Admin 4706/06/1997 Two Metropolitan Police PCs have caused a police computer operator to obtain DVLA motor vehicle registration and ownership data via the Police National Computer for their own private purposes.

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Case 2: verdict DPP v Bignall and Another Queens Bench Division [1997] EWHC Admin 4706/06/1997 Access for an unauthorised purpose not an offence. Unauthorised access held to apply to external hackers. Defendants acquitted. (Sentence: none)

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Case 3: R v David Lennon Wimbledon Youth Court 23/08/2006 Teenager alleged to have bombarded his exemployer's mail server with 5, 000 emails.

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Case 3: verdict R v David Lennon Wimbledon Youth Court 23/08/2006 Computer Misuse Act 1990, s 3 Unauthorised modification (Sentence: two month curfew and electronic tagging. )