The PvdA wants ethical hackers, who are without evil intentions, vulnerabilities in ict systems prove to be legally protected. Now, there is only a “guideline”, allowing ethical hackers in some cases can be prosecuted.
Labour Mp Astrid Oosenbrug said during a debate in the house on Wednesday that the party this summer with a bill wants to come to ethical hackers legal protection. So a hacker can not only against criminal prosecution is to be protected, but also against civil lawsuits by companies. Now, a company that is not happy with a hacking, the ethical hacker will still sue, argues Oosenbrug. In addition, she finds the current “guideline” to free.
“Especially for businesses, there are few obligations,” says Oosenbrug opposite Tweakers. “In the directive you will see that if a company is not satisfied with the ethical hacker, that there is still prosecution may be brought,” says the Mp. She wants the law to prevent, just as civil lawsuits by companies. The PvdA Member of parliament, finds ethical hackers equal to whistleblowers.
The Mp wants the bill, crowd-sourcing and will provide input gathering during the hackersevenement Observe Hack Make, that this summer in a recreation area in Alkmaar is held. Or coalition partner, the liberal democrats, the bill will support is unclear, said, a VVD member of parliament, he found that ethical hackers are deserving of protection.
Earlier this year, presented to minister Ivo Opstelten of Security and Justice, a internal guide, which states that the government does not want ethical hackers to be prosecuted. To do this, a hacker meet a number of conditions; he must proportionally act; the hack must be necessary for the leak to show, and the hack must be ‘necessary in a democratic society’. Also allowed data cannot be copied and there should be no changes be made to the system.
At the same time acknowledges Opstelten that the Public Ministry is an independent organization and thus, nevertheless, to prosecution can proceed and he can’t exclude the possibility that an ethical hacker still continued. Nevertheless, the minister nothing in better protection of ethical hackers.
Further met the Second Room is more about the proposal of Cost to suspects of serious crimes to hacking. According to Member of parliament Oosenbrug should ‘computerdoorzoekingen’ to the same strict conditions as to conduct a search. Dutch mp Kees Verhoeven of the Dutch political party D66 calls the bill, which beginning this month is presented, misguided.