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Showing posts with label cybercrime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cybercrime. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Punishable Acts for Cybercrime

The President has signed the Republic Act No. 10175, which is known as, AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, to be primarily imposed by DOJ  and NBI, the agency assigned for this matter. 

The following are considered Cybercrime;

  •  Illegal Access. – The access to the whole or any part of a computer system without right.
  • Illegal Interception. – The interception made by technical means without right of any non-public transmission of computer data to, from, or within a computer system including electromagnetic emissions from a computer system carrying such computer data.
  • Data Interference. — The intentional or reckless alteration, damaging, deletion or deterioration of computer data, electronic document, or electronic data message, without right, including the introduction or transmission of viruses.