Law gets tough on cybercrimes

This article was written by Fiona Lu, with CNA, and published by The Taipei Times on June 4, 2003. It reports that the ROC Legislative Yuan recently passed several amendments to the Criminal Code to toughen penalties for cybercrime in a bid to improve the country's ability to combat computer crime. The revisions, proposed by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice, target hackers who design and spread computer viruses or worms or access other people's computers without their authorization.