The long-awaited reform of Britain’s outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 – which has hamstrung the work of the nation’s cyber security professionals and researchers for years – is to be included in a ...

The CyberUp Campaign, a group calling for urgent reform to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990, has launched a fresh consultation inviting security professionals and researchers to take part in a ...

Portugal has become the latest country to carve out protections for researchers under its cybersecurity law.… The move increases pressure on the UK after a government minister admitted last week that ...

The new UK government has vowed to treat cybersecurity as a matter of national security and is “considering all options” to curb cybercrime, according to the Minister for Security, Dan Jarvis. This ...

Opinion It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, although they didn't know it at the time. It was a cross-platform attack including a ZX Spectrum, a BBC Micro, ...

The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018, which was amended at the end of last year, has come under scrutiny as it is being used by the government to target those it views as utilising online ...

(Nairobi, November 6, 2025) – Kenya’s newly enacted Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendments) Act, 2025, risks criminalizing legitimate online speech and its overbroad provisions should be repealed ...

A landmark ruling has nullified Uganda's controversial Computer Misuse amendments and criminal defamation provisions, halting their enforcement over procedural violations and rights concerns. This ...