The government is to begin work on reforming the 31-year-old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990, and has set out plans to launch a consultation to gather input and guidance from stakeholders later in ...

The Computer Misuse Act turns 30 next year, with some in the industry calling for revisions to be made to bring it up to speed with modern security research practices. However, as Dan Raywood finds ...

The Computer Misuse Act of 1990, which criminalises people who attempt to access or modify data on a computer without authorisation, is well past being due for an overhaul and may even be putting the ...

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 ...

A major bug bounty platform provider has urged the security community to contribute its views to a new UK government consultation on computer misuse laws, or risk its voice not being heard. With just ...

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 ...