UK Proposes Life Sentences for Serious Cybercriminals   The UK
government wants to come down harder on serious cybercriminals.
In the Queen’s Speech, her address to Parliament that lays out
government agenda, Queen Elizabeth II outlined the
administration’s plan for a serious computer crime bill, The
Telegraph reports.  It would mete out life sentences for
"cyberattacks which result in loss of life, serious illness or
injury or serious damage to national security, or a significant
risk thereof."  The Daily Mail reports the UK government now
rates such attacks as a Tier One threat — second only to nuclear
and chemical attacks or overseas invasion in terms of severity.
Critics worry this would overlap with existing laws that punish
serious crimes, and would have a chilling effect on security
research. One analyst told The Guardian that it's “concerning
that the law designed to protect people from cybercrime also
penalises activity designed to identify areas of cyber risk.”
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