New law to link hackers with stock photos of hackers
POLICE are to get new powers toÂ link computer hacking suspects with the shadowy, menacing figures seen in stock images. The law will help cybercrime units struggling to find hackers who work in near-darkness, lit only by the eerie glow of their outdated 1980s greenscreen monitors. Detective Inspector Emma Bradford said: âWe see these sinister figures, their faces always hidden, mocking us in every newspaper story about computer security. âBut when we raid their homes we find only ordinary people using MacBooks with the lights on who donât resemble these terrifying images even slightly. âUsing these new laws we can arrest people then take pictures of them in silhouette, wearing aÂ balaclava, againstÂ a background of ASCII text. âThere isnât a jury in the land that wouldnât convict.â A hacker, wearing a hood pulled low over his eyes so nobody can identify him at his keyboard, replied: âGot to type fast to steer this military-grade Chinese icebreaker through the firewall and break into that raw data. âNot really. ActuallyÂ I just guessed your password was your stupid dogâs name.â