Hackers have nowhere to run
Using legal tools to fight increasing data theft from civil-use computers in China may come true if the law is passed for its second reading by the top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
As the existing Criminal Law stipulates punishment only for intruding into networks of governments, national defense or leading science sectors; or altering the functions of personal computer systems, it is necessary for the country to have such a law.
Under the new law, hackers who steal data or manipulate a huge number of computers will face jail terms of up to seven years, so do those who offer intruders software or tools. The proposed penalties also apply to Chinese hackers who steal information from foreign computers.
The law makes it clear that no matter whether the crime or its consequence happens in China, it shall be subject to the law. Even for the crime having nothing to do with China, the criminal will also be punished by the law.
If passed, these will be the first legal tools to fight increasing data theft from civil-use computes in China, which has the world’s biggest online population of 290 million.
The latest changes were made at the request of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Through investigation, the ministry found many anarchic people have been hacking computers to steal account numbers and passwords, especially those of games and banks as they can be sold for money. For example, in a document submitted by the criminal-law office of the NPC Standing Committee’s legislative affairs commission, more than 20.000 online game accounts are stolen every day in Hunan province alone. A game account’s present market value is around 10 yuan ($1.46).
These actions are a big threat to online security, so it is necessary to define them as crimes.
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