More ill-conceived IT security legislation

By Dan Blacharski, ITworld.com

Germany's new anti-hacking law, approved in May and implemented last week, was designed to target dangerous attacks on computer networks in both the public and private sectors. The new law specifically highlights denial-of-service attacks and sabotage as punishable crimes, as well it should. If a hacker brings down a network, steals information, or causes a business or public agency to lose time and money, then that hacker should suffer the consequences.

But the problem with the well-intentioned law is that it defines "hacking" as simply gaining access to secure data, even if nothing is stolen.

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