UK jails first cyber attacker under online safety laws

Police said Nicholas Hawkes, 39, pleaded guilty to "sending photographs or films of genitals to cause distress, distress or humiliation".

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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said he was sentenced to 52 weeks in prison for the cyber attack and a further 14 weeks for breaching an earlier court order.

Prosecutors said Hawkes sent the images to a 15-year-old girl and a woman in February, days after cyberstalking became an offence under the Online Safety Act.

Under laws aimed at combating online sexual harassment, cyberbullying offences on dating apps and other platforms can be punished with up to two years in prison.

“Just as those who engage in indecent behaviour in the physical world can face consequences, so too can those who commit crimes online. Hiding behind a computer screen is no exemption from the law,” said Hannah von Dadelzsen, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the CPS.

Mai Van (according to Reuters)

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