A Japanese Locked Up For Storing Virus

A Gifu Yard inspector has recently fingered the collar of some Japanese man for a weird crime of having a virus on his PC without a good reason. Although the vast majority is believed to think there is no good reason to have a virus on their personal computers, the things don’t work this way in Japan anymore. It appeared in that country you can be sentenced to up to 2 years jail time for doing so. A few days ago, Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, 38, residing in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, found himself arrested at his own home. The reason for the arrest was that the coppers found the virus on his personal computer. Japanese newspapers...

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