Juneau – Today, legislation sponsored by Representative Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) that would pay back Permanent Fund Dividends for wrongfully imprisoned Alaskans passed the Alaska House of Representatives with bipartisan support.
Common hacking method, keystroke logging, becomes illegal July 1
Today Governor Sean Parnell made keystroke logging, a common computer hacking method, illegal when he signed HB 127, the omnibus crime bill, into law. This language, which was originally proposed by Reps. Pete Petersen and Lindsey Holmes (both D-Anchorage), updates Alaska’s computer hacking laws to make it illegal to use a keystroke logger to steal information as it is being entered into a computer.
Common hacking method, keystroke logging, made illegal
JUNEAU – Tonight, the Alaska Legislature made keystroke logging, a common computer hacking method, illegal when it passed its version of Governor Sean Parnell’s omnibus legislation to update Alaska’s criminal statutes.
