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Article #1879Re: Hacker CD-Rom
From: Claudio G. Frigerio
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 00:00
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Just for you information: "Swiss Penal Code Damage to data - Art. 144bis 1. Any person who, without authorisation, alters, deletes, erases or renders unusable data which is stored or transferred by electronic or similar means, shall be punished by imprisonment or a if a complaint is made. If the offender has caused serious dam-age, a sentence of up to five years� penal servitude can be imposed. The offence shall be prosecuted ex officio. 2. Any person, who produces, imports, circulates, promotes, offers or otherwise makes available programs which he knows, or ought to assume, are to be used for the purposes of committing an offence mentioned in paragraph 1 above, or gives directions for the production of such programs, shall be punished by imprisonment. If the offender commits the offence for gain a sentence of up to five years� penal servitude can be imposed." [English translation of the original and official German, French and Italian text, authorised by the Swiss Federal Office of Justice] Come into effect on January 1st, 1995 In simple words: if you sell computer viruses and you know they are computer viruses you are breaking the law and risk a prison sentence up to 5 years. Claudio G. Frigerio Legal Services (Direktion/Rechtsdienst) Swiss Federal Office of Information Technology and Systems (Bundesamt f�r Informatik) Mail: Feldeggweg 1, CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland Voice: +41/31/325-9381 Fax: +41/31/325-9030 Internet: claudio.frigerio@bfi.admin.ch X.400: G=Claudio;S=Frigerio;O=bfi;ADMD=admin;C=ch
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