On June 4, the government published the Serious Crime Bill, proposing amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. The proposed legislation creates a new aggravated hacking offense if a person intentionally causes "damage of a material kind," carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The bill also extends the territorial scope of the 1990 Act to cover acts committed outside of the UK, as long as the accused was a UK national at the relevant time.
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