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Re: Civil Disobedience
From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:23:27 -0400
By way of an update, the Senate bill, and the House clone, both include as terrorism offenses a much narrower range of computer crimes than what Ashcroft wanted. To qualify, an intrusion or attack would have to cause one of the following: 1) the modification or impairment, or potential modification or impairment, of the medical examination, diagnosis, treatment, or care of 1 or more individuals; 2) physical injury to any person; 3) a threat to public health or safety 4) damage affecting a computer system used by or for a Government entity in furtherance of the administration of justice, national defense, or national security; Virus launchers will almost certainly qualify as terrorists, since every successful virus or worm hits many dot-mil sites. And there's no telling how "threat to public health or safety" will be interpreted. But the life sentence is gone for these lesser terrorism offenses. Unless the attacker actually physically harms someone, they won't face special penalties beyond DNA sampling, civil forfeiture of assets under RICO, and a slightly longer statute of limitations (eight years). Kevin L. Poulsen Editorial Director SecurityFocus 650.655.6340
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