# Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA, Article 4: Illegal system interference

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that seriously hindering or interrupting the functioning of an information system by inputting computer data, by transmitting, damaging, deleting, deteriorating, altering or suppressing such data, or by rendering such data inaccessible, intentionally and without right, is punishable as a criminal offence, at least for cases which are not minor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/40/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-40/article-4
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