xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiVietnam: How is hacking another person's social network accounts be punished?

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Hacking another one's social network account is one of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái prohibited acts in prevention and response to cyber espionage; protection of state-secret information, business secrets, family secrets and privacy in cyberspace. Pursuant to Article 17 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiLuật trực tiếp bóng đáof Vietnam, prohibited acts including:

- Illegal obtainment, trade, collection, deliberate revelation of information classified as state secret information, work secrets, business secrets, family secrets and privacy which harm xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái dignity, reputation or lawful rights and interests of another organization or individual;

- Deliberate deletion, causing damage, loss or changes to information classified as state-secret information, work secrets, business secrets, family secrets and privacy that is transmitted or stored in cyberspace;

- Deliberately changing, canceling or neutralizing a technical measure that is meant to protect state-secret information, work secrets, business secrets, family secrets or privacy;

- Posting state-secret information, work secrets, business secrets, family secrets and privacy in cyberspace against xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái law;

- Illegally eavesdropping or recording conversations;

- Other acts that are considered deliberate violation of state-secret information, work secrets, business secrets, family secrets or privacy in cyberspace.

Depending on xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái nature and severity of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái violation, xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái act of hacking another person's social network account may be administratively handled or prosecuted for criminal liability.

1. Administrative sanction

Pursuant to Article 80 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiNghị định 15/2020/NĐ-CP quy:

- A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for decrypting, stealing and/or using passwords, cryptographic keys and information of other organizations/individuals in cyberspace.

- A fine ranging from VND 30,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái commission of one of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái following violations:

+ Illegally accessing networks or digital devices of others to override such devices or change/delete information stored on such devices or change setting parameters or collect information of others;

+ Infiltrating, altering or deleting information of other organizations/individuals in cyberspace;

+ Obstructing xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái information system’s provision of services;

+ Preventing xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái access to information of other organizations/individuals in cyberspace, unless such prevention is permitted by law;

+ Causing insecurity or breaking confidentiality of information exchanged, transmitted or stored in cyberspace of other organizations/individuals.

Foreigners who commit one of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái above mentioned acts shall be deported from xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái territory of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2. Criminal prosecution

For acts of serious nature and consequences, depending on xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái purpose after hacking a social network account, xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái person performing xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái act may be criminally prosecuted for one of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái following crimes:

- Illegal provision or use of information on computer networks or telecommunications networks (Article 288 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiCriminal Code 2015of Vietnam):

If a person, through hacking a social network account,commits any of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái following acts and earns an illegal profit of from VND 50,000,000 to under VND 200,000,000 or causes property damage assessed at from VND 100,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000 or damages reputation of an organization or individual shall be liable to a fine of from VND 30,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 or face a penalty of up to 03 years' community sentence or 03 - 36 months' imprisonment:

+ Uploading information on a computer or telecommunications network against regulations of law, except in xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái circumstances specified in Article 117, 155, 156 and 326 hereof;

+ Trading, exchanging, giving, changing or publishing lawfully private information of an organization or individual on xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái computer or telecommunications network without xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái consent of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái information owner;

+ Other acts that involve illegal use of information on xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái computer or telecommunications network.

This offence committed in any of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái following circumstances carries a fine of from VND 200,000,000 to VND 1,000,000,000 or a penalty of 02 - 07 years' imprisonment:

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is committed by an organized group;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offender misuses his/her position as xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái administrator of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái computer or telecommunications network;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái illegal profit earned is ≥ VND 200,000,000;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái property damage caused by xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is assessed at ≥ VND 500,000,000;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence involves infringement of privacy which results in xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái suicide of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái victim;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence has a negative impact on social security, order or safety or Vietnam's diplomatic relationship;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence results in a demonstration.

Additional penalties: xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offender might also be liable to a fine of from VND 20,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 or prohibited from holding certain positions or doing certain jobs for 01 - 05 years.

- Illegal infiltration into xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái computer network, telecommunications network or electronic device of another person (Article 289 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiCriminal Code 2015of Vietnam):

Any person who deliberately bypasses xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái warning, hacks xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái password or firewall or uses xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái administrator’s right of another person to infiltrate another person's computer network, telecommunications network or electronic device in order to take control, interfere xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái operation of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái electronic device; steal, change, destroy, fabricate data or illegally use services shall be liable to a fine of from VND 50,000,000 to VND 300,000,000 or face a penalty of 01 - 05 years' imprisonment.

This offence committed in any of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái following circumstances carries a fine of from VND 300,000,000 to VND 1,000,000,000 or a penalty of 03 - 07 years' imprisonment:

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is committed by an organized group;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offender abuses his/her position or power to commit xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái illegal profit earned is from VND 200,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái property damage caused by xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is assessed at from VND 300,000,000 to under VND 1,000,000,000;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is committed against a national Internet exchange point, domain name database system or national domain name server system;

+ Dangerous recidivism.

This offence committed in any of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái following circumstances carries a penalty of 07 - 12 years' imprisonment:

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is committed against a system of data which is classified information or an information system serving national defense and security;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is committed against a national information infrastructure; national grid control information system; banking or finance information system; traffic control information system;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái illegal profit earned is ≥ VND 500,000,000;

+ xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái property damage caused by xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offence is assessed at ≥ VND 1,000,000,000.

Additional penalties: xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái offender might also be liable to a fine of from VND 5,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 or prohibited from holding certain positions or doing certain jobs for 01 - 05 years.

- Appropriation of property using a computer network, telecommunications network or electronic device(Article 290 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiCriminal Code 2015of Vietnam):if a person commits xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái crime infringes on other person's social network accounts in order to appropriate property.

In addition, if xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái act of hacking personal accounts to post image and content that is offensive to xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái honor and dignity of others, they may also be prosecuted for xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cái crime of "insults to another person" according to provisions in Clause 2 Article 155 of xem bóng đá trực tiếp nhà cáiCriminal Code 2015of Vietnam.

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