The computer misuse act was passed and put in place in the year 1990 which was 28 years ago and the computer misuse act is designed to protect computer users from Theft of information and Willful attacks on a persons computer.
The Computer Misuse Act makes it illegal and Criminal act for someone to gain unauthorized access to peoples computer systems which can land the person in jail or prison if they do purposely hack into computer systems or steal information from peoples computers.