WASHINGTON - Looking at Japan's harsh punishment for the perpetrators of computer hackers and virus makers, United States (U.S.) was also seeking harsher Penalties for perpetrators of cyber crimes in the field, that is 20 years in prison.
U.S. seriously punishes Prison for 20 Years for Hackers
As quoted from the CBR Online, Tuesday (06/21/2011), the current legislation is Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the U.S. sentenced a maximum of 10 years for Cyber Criminals.
For online theft, given the maximum sentence of five years. While one-year prison sentence for perpetrators of password theft is applied from a financial institution or government-owned computer.
Through the proposal of this new legislation, the U.S. government is pressing Congress to double the sentence. So says a report from Reuters.
Previously the Japanese government has Implemented a new law to Punish the virus. Under the new law, the People who create viruses or distribute a virus can be sentenced to three years imprisonment or pay a fine of 500 thousand yen or approximately USD6.200.
Based on the AFP report, the new law in Japan is also true for People who deliberately keep a computer virus.
The new law in Japan is said to also allow police to check emails from the Suspects.
