Law and Governance 1

Hacking into a computer is a breach of which section of the Computer Misuse Act?
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Conducting a Denial of Service attack is a breach of which section of the Computer Misuse Act?
it is not a crime to comit a DoS attack
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What year was the Computer Misuse Act created?
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If a UK based hacker attacks a company in Sweden, would they have broken the Computer Misuse Act?
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no as the target is in Sweden
It depends whether they used a VPN
it is not possible to identify attacks targeting other countries
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A hacker breaks into a banking system with the intent to transfer money into their account, which section of Computer Misuse Act is most aplicable to this activity?
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If a USA based hacker uses a VPN to have a UK IP address and launches a Denial of Service attack against a USA based company, would they have broken the Computer misuse act
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no as they have not gained unauthorised access
no as both the attacker and target are in the same "non-UK" country
no as it would not be possible to launch such an attack from a VPN
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Which part of the Computer Misuse Act provides details about Jurisdiction?
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In individual conducts an unauthorised scan of a website using a range of automated tools, one of which accidently damages the site's database. Which section of the Computer Misuse Act is most likely to apply?
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For section 2 of the computer misuse act to have been broken the following is true
The crime conducted after the unauthorised access does not *have* to use a computer
The crime conducted after the unauthorised access *has* to use a computer
The crime conducted after the unauthorised access has to be conducted by the same person
There must be a negative impact to a computer or data for a breach of CMA section 2
The crime conducted after the unauthorised access does not *have* to use a computer
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