BBC hacks into thousands of PCs

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The BBC has deliberately hacked into 22,000 PCs to prove the power of botnets, and the damage that can be done with a network of compromised computers.

"Click managed to acquire its own low-value botnet - the name given to a network of hijacked computers - after visiting chatrooms on the internet," said the BBC

"The programme did not access any personal information on the infected PCs.

"If this exercise had been done with criminal intent it would be breaking the law.

Full stroy :: http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... pcs-581906

One comment on the story I really like;

I'm not sure the BBC realises the seriousness of what it's done. From the sound of things, they've not only broken the law - but they've filmed themselves doing it.

It's an offence under the Computer Misuse Act to make unauthorised changes or access to other people's computers. This legislation has been used many times to bring British hackers and virus writers to justice.

Watching that film, it's obvious that the BBC made unauthorised changes to innocent people's computers.

It is irrelevant that they "didn't have criminal intent". It's still breaking the law.

We'll see how this goes over -lol-

 

[Cloverfield]

Hahahahaha, what idiots. This should be interesting.

 

[CyberFreak]

Yet more trouble for the BBC -lol-

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

I find it funny that companies think they have power over anything, simply because they have the money most people don't right now. Laws apply ot everyone, even rich companies -razz-

 

[CyberFreak]

The BBC isn't really rich (they don't aim to make money... they just spend our license fee we pay them)... -lol-

 

[Twisted Fairytale]

They ARE idiots.. My god, don't film yourself!

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

I think they simply did not understand the laws... a mistake so many people make. Hopefully this will get picked up on and they will be taken to court. IF you're going to sue grandmothers for pirating music on the internet then by golly these guys should get the death sentence eh?

 

[Twisted Fairytale]

I wouldn't go that far Ghost, lol!