Email bomber back on the stand as DoS ruling is overturned

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A court ruling that denial of service attacks were not illegal in the UK has been overturned on appeal

The need for updates to the UK’s computer crime laws have been highlighted again this week, as an appeals court ruled that the decision to let off a so-called ‘email bomber’ last November was the w...

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