The Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties both support stiffer penalties for computer hacking, as proposed in Labour's Police and Justice Bill, according to the BBC.
The BBC report says that,
Anyone hacking a computer
could be punished with 10 years' imprisonment under new laws.
There will be a clearer outlawing of offences like denial-of-service attacks in which systems are debilitated.
The bill would also boost the penalty for using hacking tools.
During the first debate on the legislation, Nick Herbert, for the Tories, criticised much of the rest of the bill, but said measures to tackle hacking were "perfectly sensible" and would enjoy support from across the Commons.
For the Liberal Democrats, Lynne Featherstone also said there was support for measures on computer hacking, while dismissing the bill as a whole as pernicious.
The bill - which was being debated for the first time in the House of Commons on Monday [March 6] - passed on to its second reading without a vote.
There will be a clearer outlawing of offences like denial-of-service attacks in which systems are debilitated.
The bill would also boost the penalty for using hacking tools.
During the first debate on the legislation, Nick Herbert, for the Tories, criticised much of the rest of the bill, but said measures to tackle hacking were "perfectly sensible" and would enjoy support from across the Commons.
For the Liberal Democrats, Lynne Featherstone also said there was support for measures on computer hacking, while dismissing the bill as a whole as pernicious.
The bill - which was being debated for the first time in the House of Commons on Monday [March 6] - passed on to its second reading without a vote.
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