Illegal access to computers and information systems or networks shall be jailed up to six months and fined KD 500 to KD 2,000 or one of the above penalties.
It also states that illegal access resulting in the cancellation, deletion, destruction, and change or republication of data or information will attract penalty of two years imprisonment and fine of KD 2,000 to KD 5,000 or one of the two punishments.
In case of illegal access related to acquiring confidential personal/government data or information, the violator will be sentenced to three years in prison and fined KD 3,000 to KD 10,000 or both penalties. Anyone who acquires such data or information with the intention of erasing or destroying or publishing or amending it will face up to 10 years in prison and fined KD 5,000 to KD 20,000 or one of the two penalties, and if anyone forges or damages or destroys an electronic system or website, he or she will face jail term not exceeding three years and fine of KD 3,000 to KD 10,000 or one of the two.
Any kind of blackmail to dissuade or persuade victims will attract jail term not exceeding three years and fine of KD 3,000 to KD 10,000 or one of the two penalties.
If anyone creates a website for a terrorist organization or a terrorist to post information on the making of bombs or explosives, he or she will face up to 10 years in jail and fined KD 20,000 to 50,000.
Crimes related to money laundering would be penalized by a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and fine ranging between KD 20,000 and KD 50,000 or one of the penalties.
Creating websites for or promoting human trafficking will receive a maximum of seven years imprisonment and fine between KD 10,000 and KD 30,000.
Source : Arabtimes
Kuwait News
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