Dutch police to be given permission to hack into foreign servers

Ben Mugashe · 2013-05-06T08:17:31+00:00

The government of the Netherlands has announced plans to grant police permission to hack into computers located abroad in an attempt to fight online crime. The powers, which also give police the ability to install spyware, read emails and delete files, will be subject to the oversight of a judge but critics have said they set a dangerous precedent. The bill also makes it a crime to publish stolen data and for suspects to refuse to decrypt files during a police investigation. Dutch justice minister Ivo Opstelten is hoping to put a dampener on cybercrime in the country, invoked out the usual bogeymen of child pornography and terrorism as reasons for the move. However, the powers, if they make it through the Dutch parliament, would be some of the widest-reaching in the western worl Simone Halink from digital rights group Bits of Freedom told the BBC: "It is important that the government wants to combat cybercrime but this proposal is rushed: it is unnecessary and creates new security risks for citizens". She added: "What you see is that the police have especially a shortage of knowledge and manpower - not of powers." Source: Dutch police to be given permission to hack into foreign servers (Wired UK)[/COLOR]

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Start date May 6, 2013

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