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It’s not a U.K. thing it’s an Europol thing: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/international-crackdown-rat-spyware-which-takes-total-control-of-victi

by moksly 7y ago

It’s not a U.K. thing it’s an Europol thing: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/international-crackdown-rat-spyware-which-takes-total-control-of-victims’-pcs https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/international-cr... No idea what law it breaks, but apparently the developer of a similar Trojan got 30 months in prison in a similar case: https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/hacking-tool-luminositylink.html?m=1 https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/hacking-tool-luminositylin... I’m sure glad that wasn’t a thing when I was a teenager and cult of the dead cow was cool.

rwmurrayVT 7y ago
I met him at FCI Morgantown. He's fairly bright, but a bit.. off. He's very young.
omginternets 7y ago
>It’s not a U.K. thing it’s an Europol thing I really don't mean to flame-bait, but I've noticed HN has a mild pro-EU/anti-Brexit bias, so I would be remiss if I didn't draw attention to the fact that this is part of what Brexiteers are against. Here we (apparently) have a case in which the law of the land is at odds with EU regulation. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to research how EU regulations are drafted and ratified. Disclaimer: I'm a remoaner, but I'm also trying to understand just WTF is going on.
- matthewheath 7y ago
  Not sure how UK law is at odds with EU regulation on this matter. The offences outlined in the article are covered by the Computer Misuse Act 1990 — specifically Sections 1 and 3.
- dfawcus 7y ago
  I'm not aware of any EU regulations relating to computer "misuse". Also AFAIK Europol is a co-operation facility, not a front line policing organisation. It is a means by which the member states co-operate and share intelligence, but not (yet) a source of rules and regulations. Also the UK relations to Europol is a a bit freestanding, and we opted out of the Justice and Home Affairs stuff, then asked to opt back in to making use of Europol.
xtracto 7y ago
Wow . Anyone remembers DivineIntervention windows software? I was so lucky to be alive in the golden years of the internet.

by moksly 7y ago

rwmurrayVT 7y ago

I met him at FCI Morgantown. He's fairly bright, but a bit.. off. He's very young.

omginternets 7y ago

>It’s not a U.K. thing it’s an Europol thing I really don't mean to flame-bait, but I've noticed HN has a mild pro-EU/anti-Brexit bias, so I would be remiss if I didn't draw attention to the fact that this is part of what Brexiteers are against. Here we (apparently) have a case in which the law of the land is at odds with EU regulation. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to research how EU regulations are drafted and ratified. Disclaimer: I'm a remoaner, but I'm also trying to understand just WTF is going on.

matthewheath 7y ago
Not sure how UK law is at odds with EU regulation on this matter. The offences outlined in the article are covered by the Computer Misuse Act 1990 — specifically Sections 1 and 3.
dfawcus 7y ago
I'm not aware of any EU regulations relating to computer "misuse". Also AFAIK Europol is a co-operation facility, not a front line policing organisation. It is a means by which the member states co-operate and share intelligence, but not (yet) a source of rules and regulations. Also the UK relations to Europol is a a bit freestanding, and we opted out of the Justice and Home Affairs stuff, then asked to opt back in to making use of Europol.

xtracto 7y ago

Wow . Anyone remembers DivineIntervention windows software? I was so lucky to be alive in the golden years of the internet.