News Questions cloud cyber crime cases

From the Beeb:

The acquittal of a teenager accused of carrying out a high-profile hack attack has cast doubts over future computer crime prosecutions, say experts.

Aaron Caffrey, 19, was accused of crashing systems at the port of Houston in Texas by hacking into its computer systems.

But a jury cleared him after believing his defence that hackers had broken into his computer and used it to launch the attack.

"This verdict sets a potentially dangerous precedent with regard to hacking cases," said Cable & Wireless security expert Richard Starnes.

"A potential outcome is that defendants, charged with such an offence in the future, could attempt to compromise their own system, in order to employ a similar defence in the event they are caught."

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