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NL Municipality wants to ban famous hacker gathering
URGENT PRESS RELEASE WHAT THE HACK (23.05.2005) The organisers of ‘What the Hack’, the 2005 edition of a series of famous Dutch outdoor hacker conferences, were told that their conference will not receive the municipal permit needed for the event to happen. ‘What the Hack” is planned to take place on a large event-campground in […]
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Council adopts decision on attacks against information systems
On 24 February 2005 the JHA Council finally adopted the framework decision on attacks against information systems. The decision harmonises legislation in the EU for any offence committed against a computer infrastructure with the intention of destroying, modifying or altering the information stored on computers or networks of computers. The two key definitions in the […]
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Romania implements Cybercrime Convention
Romania has implemented the Cybercrime Convention with law nr. 64 from 24 March 2004. The law was published in the Official Monitor nr. 343, on 20 April 2004. The main provisions of the Cybercrime Convention were already incorporated in Title III of the Anti-corruption law nr. 161/2003, published in the Official Monitor nr. 279 from […]
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Entry into force of Convention on Cybercrime
The Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime will enter into force on 1 July 2004, following its ratification by Lithuania. The convention requires at least 5 CoE members to ratify. Previously Albania, Croatia, Estonia and Hungary have done so. The convention’s aim is to develop a common criminal policy on cybercrime by promoting international co-operation […]
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Dutch government: Cryptophone protects privacy
The Dutch minister of Justice Donner has answered parliamentary questions about the introduction of a commercially available crypto-GSM. The Cryptophone was developed in the Netherlands and is sold through a German company. The device is a combined GSM and organiser running Windows Pocket PC. The Cryptophone uses open-source software that encrypts the call when connecting […]
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Hungary signs cybercrime treaty
On 4 December 2003, Hungary became the fourth country (along with Albania, Croatia and Estonia) to ratify the Cybercrime Convention. Lithuania is the latest country to have signed the Convention (26 June 2003). All 15 EU states have already signed it. Hungary made an explicit reservation, reserving the right not to apply Article 9, paragraph […]
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Irish Labour Party wants to stop e-voting
The Irish Labour Party is urging suspension of e-voting until major flaws are fixed. Ireland is planning to completely changeover to electronic voting in June 2004, for both local and European elections. According to a report commissioned by the party the major defects are: – An integrated end-to-end test of the entire system has not […]
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Dutch parliament questions crypto telephone
The presentation of a crypto mobile telephone has stirred some controversy in the Netherlands. The Cryptophone has been developed in the Netherlands and is sold through a German company. The device is a combined GSM and organiser running Windows Pocket PC. The software encrypts the call when connecting to another Cryptophone. The Cryptophone should make […]
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French Constitutional Council validates computer search without warrant
The French Constitutional Council recently validated the Internal Safety Law (‘Loi sur la sécurité intérieure’), adopted by the Parliament on February 13. This decision has been commented by the Human Rights League – LDH, the French member of the International Human Rights Federation – as a ‘step backwards for the rule of law’. Among the […]
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Stupid security measures in Europe
During last weeks CFP conference (Computer Freedom Privacy) in New York, Simon Davies from UK EDRi-member Privacy International announced the winners of the Stupid Security Awards. The jury received some 5.000 nominations from 35 different countries. Though most of the winners are American, Europe also produced some very noteworthy stupid security measures. UK mobile phone […]
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Agreement on cyber-attacks harms freedom of expression
The Justice ministers of the EU countries (by means of the Council of the European Union) have agreed on a decision to harmonize the criminal code in EU countries regarding attacks on information systems. The ministers agree that “there is evidence of attacks against information systems, in particular as a result of the threat from […]
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