[Infowarrior] - U.S. joins European cybercrime convention

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U.S. joins European cybercrime convention

By Tom Espiner
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Story last modified Mon Oct 02 08:30:48 PDT 2006

The U.S. government has embraced European legislation meant to help the
global fight against cybercrime. The Council of Europe Convention on
Cybercrime calls on countries to coordinate international law to investigate
and prosecute online criminal activity. The convention has now been signed
by 43 EU member states and 15 other parties, including the U.S. It will come
into U.S. law on Jan. 1.

Under the convention, countries must have criminal laws addressing
activities including hacking, spreading viruses or worms, unauthorized
access or damage to computer systems, fraud and copyright violations. It
also is meant to foster sharing of electronic evidence on matters such as
child sexual exploitation, organized crime and terrorism.

Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK reported from London.


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