Incident Response: A Strategic Guide to Handling System and Network Security Breaches

International Statutes

Each country has its own statutes covering computer crime. These can vary widely and might range from extremely draconian (such as China’s execution of persons convicted of hacking into banks) to virtually none at all. The accused author of the Love Bug worm was released when it was determined that the Philippines had no statute prohibiting the authoring and release of a computer virus.

A major challenge in investigating and prosecuting computer crimes is the issue of multiple laws in multiple jurisdictions. It is difficult enough to get a warrant for records in one country; when the incident involves multiple countries, it can be almost impossible. Resolving (or at least reducing) this problem has been a major initiative ...