The UK’s Computer Misuse Act (1990) is up for revision. It’s time for ethical hackers to submit your views

Published

2023-03-28 00:09

Collected

2026-07-01 22:45

---
id: 831
title: "The UK’s Computer Misuse Act (1990) is up for revision. It’s time for ethical hackers to submit your views"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/uk-computer-misuse-act-1990/"
published_at: "2023-03-28 00:09"
tags: ["bugcrowd", "vulnerability-disclosure", "policy", "ethical-hacking", "regulation", "computer-misuse-act", "uk", "legal"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/831"
lang: en
---

# The UK’s Computer Misuse Act (1990) is up for revision. It’s time for ethical hackers to submit your views

## Summary

The UK is consulting on revising the Computer Misuse Act (1990); Bugcrowd's Casey Ellis urges ethical hackers to submit views supporting a statutory defence for good-faith security research.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2023-03-28 00:09
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/uk-computer-misuse-act-1990/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/831