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Sweden to Make Denial of Service Attacks Illegal

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the play-nicer dept.

paulraps writes "Sweden is to pass legislation making Denial of Service attacks illegal. The offense will carry a maximum jail term of two years, and is thought to be a direct response to the attack which crashed the Swedish police's web site last summer. Nobody was charged for that, but the fact that it came shortly after a raid on the Pirate Bay's servers was thought by many to be not entirely coincidental. Sweden's move follows the UK, which is even tougher on web attackers — there the sentence can be over five years in prison."

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  1. Slashdotted. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    So does this mean that they're gonna arrest Taco, Zonk and Co.?

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    1. Re:Slashdotted. by nmb3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

      So does this mean that they're gonna arrest Taco, Zonk and Co.?

      It's worth a try!

      *cough* :)

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  2. My rights online! by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Geez, so now it's illegal in Sweeden to crash people's websites! What's gonna be next, a law against blowing up mailboxes?

  3. botnets by mpoloks · · Score: 1, Funny

    so who are they going to arrest? the bots?

  4. Geek vigilante fest! by sita · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is important to note that the sentence term of 2 years was not chosen at random. When a crime carries this sentence as a possiblity, the Swedish police gets greater powers to use surveillance, wiretapping and raids to secure evidence such as the identity of person using a specific IP address.

    Also, if you catch someone in the act of committing, or appearantly fleeing from the scene of crime of, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of more than two years, you may make a "citizen's arrest", that is grab and hold a person until the police arrives.

    Now imagine a geek neighbourhood watch!