This morning Click, the BBC’s “magazine” programme about technology proudly announced it had created its own botnet. In a new twist on “allegedly” (an infamous phrase used to skirt libel laws on Have I Got News For You and other satirical programmes) Click believe they’re legal because If this exercise had been done with criminal intent it would be breaking the law. But our purpose was to demonstrate botnets' collective power when in the hands of criminals. Tosh. The Computer Misuse Act (1990) states that deliberately obtaining access is...