---
id: 800
title: "New UK Legislation Must Protect Good-Faith Hackers"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/new-uk-legislation-must-protect-good-faith-hackers/"
published_at: "2023-10-23 14:13"
tags: ["vulnerability-disclosure", "policy", "ethical-hacking", "computer-misuse-act", "uk", "legal-protection"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/800"
lang: en
---

# New UK Legislation Must Protect Good-Faith Hackers

## Summary

Bugcrowd's CEO argues the UK's 33-year-old Computer Misuse Act needs reform: hacking is still technically illegal there, leaving ethical hackers unprotected despite policy encouraging their work.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2023-10-23 14:13
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/new-uk-legislation-must-protect-good-faith-hackers/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/800