34. Cybercrime provisions under IT Act,2000 Offences & Relevant Sections under IT Act Tampering with Computer source documents Sec.65 Hacking with Computer systems, Data alteration Sec.66 Publishing obscene information Sec.67 Un-authorized access to protected system Sec.70 Breach of Confidentiality and Privacy Sec.72 Publishing false digital signature certificates Sec.73
In UK and Germany, Using or writing real hacking tools like Nessus, Metasploit, Hydra, Amap, John, other exploits are fairly telltale illegal Some people against this idea claim that “If you own a crow bar, a favored tool for breaking through locked doors, that’s fine. If you own a baseball bat, a wonderful tool which many put to use bashing in people’s skulls, that’s fine. Own a piece of software that can port scan, and you break the law.”
- Hacktivism is the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for a politically or socially motivated purpose. The individual who performs an act of hacktivism is said to be a hacktivist . A hacktivist uses the same tools and techniques as a hacker , but does so in order to disrupt services and bring attention to a political or social cause. For example, one might leave a highly visible message on the home page of a Web site that gets a lot of traffic or which embodies a point-of-view that is being opposed. Or one might launch a denial-of-service attack to disrupt traffic to a particular site. A recent demonstration of hacktivism followed the death of a Chinese airman when his jet fighter collided with a U.S. surveillance plane in April 2001. Chinese and American hacktivists from both countries hacked Web sites and used them as "blackboards" for their statements. Whether hacktivism is a crime may be debated. Opponents argue that hacktivism causes damage in a forum where there is already ample opportunity for nondisruptive free speech. Others insist that such an act is the equivalent of a protest and is therefore protected as a form of free speech.