UK prosecutions for hacking appear to be be dropping The number of prosecutions under the UK's computer hacking laws may have declined over recent years, according to the latest available government figures. The number of prosecutions under the Computer Misuse Act came in a written Parliamentary answer by Crispin Blunt, prisons minister at the Ministry of Justice, in response to …
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...either potential hackers have been scared off by all the recent bad publicity or they've heeded its warning and now only engage in nefarious activities by first encrypting their data which is then sent on its way by a string of successive anonymous servers located in hard-to-get places.
From the number of brazen hacks and attacks in recent years, it would be safe to bet on the latter.
"In addition the figures supplied provide no breakdown on the number of UK computer hacking prosecutions that actually resulted in a conviction. "
Or that the cases have been a bit too loose and either thrown out, dropped or found not to be hacking after all. As 'hacking' has become more closeley defined it's a lot harder just to point and accuse.
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...the UK prosecutors are trying to make sure they have an iron-clad case against people BEFORE they announce people's names...unlike the dimbulbs in the US Department of Justice...who have had more egg on their collective faces in recent years than Humpty Dumpty's King's Horses & King's Men.
At the next parliamentary session Da Gov. will announce a "more than 60% cut in hacking", laud it as a huge success for Da Gov, The Computer Misuse Act and the Police, despite all the cut backs.
This will fact", of course, be the headline across all of the media.
Meanwhile, 15 paragraphs down, it will be pointed out that this does not mean we all are now safe from hackers/trojans/viruses and should still take care. But Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Avergage User will just remember the headline.
Zombie apocolypse here we come...
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