Re: Reduire cybercrime

From: Ajay R Ramjatan <ajay.ramjatan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:26:36 +0400

Ish, the usage of that CD/DVD duplicator is what matters. If you're using
the duplicator to make illegal copies of copyrighted material, you might be
in trouble. The trouble gets worse if you're putting those copies out for
trade.


On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Ish Sookun <ish_at_hacklog.in> wrote:

> Hello Logan,
> ​
>
> 2015-03-20 20:22 GMT+04:00 Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden_at_gmail.com>:
>
>> ​​
>>
>> I don't think that there are many people in Mauritius with
>> cybercriminals skills.
>>
>
> ​​That part of the article could be interpreted differently. It mentions
> "cyber crime" and not "cyber warfare", so I'll rather limit the use of the
> term "cybersoldier".
>
> As per the Computer Misuse and Cyber-crime Act 2003[1], there are various
> types of offences that could render one a cybercriminal. For example, if I
> quote Section 9(1) :
>
>
> *Unlawful possession of devices and data*
> *Any person who knowingly manufactures, sells, procures for use,
> imports,distributes or otherwise makes available, a computer system or any
> other device,designed or adapted primarily for the purpose of committing
> any offence undersections 3 to 8, shall commit an offence.*
>
> ​Now, if I build a computer system with a rack of DVD writers that could
> burn 10 copies of DVD simultaneously, do you think I could be charged under
> the said Act? If you answer yes, does it take super-genius skills to build
> such a system?​
>
>
>> However, I do think that the rising information warfare between the
>> various countries involves a lot of "cybersoldiers".
>>
>> I would be interested to know if that's the idea of a national
>> "defence force" for the digital world.
>
>
>
> In your previous email you mentioned:
>
> *I would use a different argument. The "Let's hire a foreign expert to*
> *get this done" has been done before. It didn't work. If it had worked,*
> *today, gov.mu <http://gov.mu> wouldn't be mess.*
>
> ​So, do appear against the approach of foreign expertise, while in the
> same email you quoted what an SA guy told you. You also tossed the topic of
> warfare between various countries.
>
> I put it this way, the article on defimedia.info puts emphasis on
> cybercrimes occurring in Mauritius. Usually, when people talk about
> problems in the country and start comparing with other countries, I just
> find it is necessary for us to solve our problems as per our resources,
> rather than copying others.
>
> Do we, in Mauritius, need a "defence force" while we're still stuck on
> deciding if there is a problem with .mu or not?
>
> [1] https://www.icta.mu/documents/laws/cyber.pdf
>
> Regards,
>
> ​
> Ish Sookun
>
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