GreecePenal Code Articles 292B (292Β) and 292C (292Γ), Hindering the Operation of Information Systems and Related Devices
In force since .
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Access restriction
As of .
What it requires
- Do not, without right, seriously hinder or interrupt the operation of an information system by entering, transmitting, deleting, destroying or altering digital data or by blocking access to it.
- Do not produce, sell, obtain for use, import, possess or distribute, without right and in order to commit that offense, devices, computer programs, passwords or access codes designed or adapted for it.
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Criminal exposure note
Article 292B: imprisonment and a fine, with a minimum of one year and a fine for an act committed with a tool designed mainly for large-scale or seriously damaging attacks, two years where serious damage resulted, and three years where the act was committed against vital-infrastructure systems (paragraph 2). Article 292C: imprisonment of up to two years or a fine for producing, supplying or holding devices, programs or access codes in order to commit the Article 292B offenses.
What this law does
Article 292B of the Penal Code (292Β in the Greek text) punishes, with imprisonment and a fine, whoever without right seriously hinders or interrupts the operation of an information system by entering, transmitting, deleting, destroying or altering digital data or by blocking access to that data.
Paragraph 2 raises the punishment to imprisonment of at least one year and a fine where the act is committed with a tool designed mainly for attacks affecting a large number of information systems or causing serious damage. It rises to at least two years where the act caused serious damage. It rises to at least three years where the act was committed against information systems forming part of the infrastructure supplying the population with vital goods or services.
Article 292C (292Γ) separately covers producing, selling, obtaining for use, importing, possessing or distributing, without right and in order to commit the Article 292B offenses, devices or computer programs designed or adapted mainly for that purpose, and passwords, access codes or similar data enabling access to an information system.
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