Summery on Federal Law No. 5 of 2012 on combating Cybercrimes – List of offenses in the provisions of New Cyber Crime Law

1- Illegally Accessing an electronic site without permission is penalized under articles 2,3,4 and 5 of New Cyber Crime law.

2- Forgery of any electronic document of the federal or local government or authorities or establishments and uses of this forged electronic document with knowledge that the document is forged is penalized under article 6 of New Cyber Crime law.

3- Obtain, modify, destroy or disclose information obtained online, related to medical records, examinations, diagnoses, treatment or care, without permission is penalized under article 7 of New Cyber Crime law.

4- Hinder or obstruct access to the computer network or to a website or an electronic information system is penalized under article 8 of New Cyber Crime law.

5- Use a fraudulent computer network protocol address by using a false address or a third-party address by any other means for the purpose of committing a crime or preventing its discovery is penalized under article 9 of New Cyber Crime law.

6- Willfully and without authorization run software on the computer network or an electronic information system or means, and caused them to stop functioning is penalized under article 10 of New Cyber Crime law.

7- Criminal fraud through the computer network, or an electronic information system or means is penalized under article 11 of New Cyber Crime law.

8- Access without legal right, to credit card numbers or bank accounts numbers by using the computer network or an electronic information system or means and forge, counterfeit or reproduce a credit card or debit card or any other electronic payment method by using any information technology means or computer program is penalized under article 12 and 13 of New Cyber Crime law.

9- Obtains without legal right, a secret number, code, password or any other means to have access to an information technology means, website, electronic information system, or computer network is penalized under article 14 of New Cyber Crime law.

10- Without authorization, deliberately receive or intercept any communication through any computer network or disclose the information obtained through illegal reception or interception of communications is penalized under article 15 of New Cyber Crime law.