Cross-party parliamentarians will next week debate proposals that aim to fix a “glaring flaw” in the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 (CMA) as momentum gathers behind the need to reform the nearly ...

The last year has seen some of the costliest cyber attacks on UK businesses to date. Attacks on Marks & Spencer cost the supermarket chain hundreds of millions in lost profits and led to empty shelves ...

Some in the UK security industry are calling for an update to the CMA to allow them to conduct security research without threat of prosecution. The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990 defines what ...

The new UK government has vowed to treat cybersecurity as a matter of national security and is “considering all options” to curb cybercrime, according to the Minister for Security, Dan Jarvis. This ...

The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018, which was amended at the end of last year, has come under scrutiny as it is being used by the government to target those it views as utilising online ...

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Geoffrey Smith, 31, from Ledbury, pleaded guilty to an offence under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Over a ...