First virus writer arrested in Japan.. for breaching copyright
Sophosさんの日本でのウイルス作成者初逮捕の記事です。
Police in Kyoto have arrested three men, who are said to have been involved in a plot to infect users of the P2P file-sharing network Winny with a Trojan horse that displayed images of popular anime characters while wiping music and movie files. The malware, which has been dubbed Harada in media reports, is believed to be related to the Pirlames Trojan horse which Sophos reported intercepting in Japan last year.
日本ではウイルスを書くことは法律に触れないってことを書かれていますね。マルウエアは世界規模のユーザに影響を与えるので、CyberCrime Lowsがもっと厳しくなるべきと書かれている気がする。
"It isn't illegal to write viruses in Japan, so the author of the Trojan horse has been arrested for breaching copyright because he used cartoon graphics without permission in his malware. Because this is the first arrest in Japan of a virus writer it's likely to generate a lot of attention and there may be calls for cybercrime laws to be made tighter," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Malware is truly a global menace, impacting on every user of the internet, and it is good to see police around the world doing their bit to tackle the problem."
