Just going to jail will have computer virus

That is, it is easy to say that computer viruses are treated as drugs. Just having a crime.

By the way, it seems that the possession or creation of a computer virus will be subject to punishment, such a law that I do not know how to understand well is now in the Diet deliberations. Also, it seems that computer viruses will be called "unauthorized command electromagnetic record" by law.Creation and possession of computers and viruses are subject to new punishment

Although the word computer virus itself does not appear in the revision bill, it is positioned as "unauthorized command electromagnetic record".

Although the meaning of "unauthorized command electromagnetic record" will be described later, in "purpose to be used for human computer execution", "person who created or provided" is " It is charged with imprisonment of 3 years or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less.

Also, the act of providing this for use in human computer is also subject to punishment including attempted.
This is expected to be newly established as Article 168-2 of the Penal Code.

In other words, the disappointed person who is happy with the explosion of the victim by becoming news and dripping with the file sharing software as a hobby making a virus happily is a prison sentence of 3 years or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less.

Furthermore, those who acquired or stored for the same purpose are also subject to punishment. It is a prison sentence of 2 years or less or a fine of 300,000 yen or less. This will be newly established as Article 168-3 of the Penal Code.
When the revision bill is established, it will be handled as drugs and stimulants as it is going to go to jail just by acquiring or keeping it.

Move the virus to the computer of the other party you want to put a virus in the USB memory
It seems that the technique called hammering is prevalent.

If the proposed amendment is established, "unauthorized command electromagnetic record" will be the legal name of computer viruses in a broad sense.

The definition of "unauthorized command electromagnetic record" in the draft revision is quite broad. "Electromagnetic record relating to illegal instructions that do not cause the operation to conform to the intention of an electronic calculator used by a person or cause the operation to be contrary to that intention", or such electromagnetic record describing illegal instructions It's a record of.

Does that mean that spyware that we speak is also a virus?