Submitted: June 20, 2011 - 7:31pm
Originally published: June 20, 2011
Last updated: June 20, 2011 - 7:35pm
Originally published: June 20, 2011
Last updated: June 20, 2011 - 7:35pm
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IDG News Service
Author:
Jennifer Baker
Location:
Brussels, Belgium
Justice Ministers across Europe want to make the creation of "hacking tools" a criminal offense, but critics have hit back at the plans, saying that they are unworkable.
Ministers from all 27 countries of the European Union met on June 9 to discuss European Commission proposals for a directive on attacks against information systems. But in addition to approving the Commission's text, the ministers extended the draft to include "the production and making available of tools for committing offenses."
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