A fruitless prosecution against a teenager in English court highlights the inadequacy of that nation’s cyberlaws to cope with denial of service attacks. The youth was accused of sending 5 million e-mails to a former employer, thereby shutting down the company’s servers. The case did not fail because it could not be proved that the teen was the attacker, but because the judge ruled that the United Kingdom’s 15-year-old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) did not outlaw DoS attacks. Full Story
About OODA Analyst
OODA is comprised of a unique team of international experts capable of providing advanced intelligence and analysis, strategy and planning support, risk and threat management, training, decision support, crisis response, and security services to global corporations and governments.