The revision of the criminal law slaps  a punishment on cyber sneaks of five years in jail and a fine of a year’s salary. It is designed to protect the security of companies and the safety of individuals.

In future anyone gaining access to someone else’s phone or computer in Mozambique without the owner’s permission  risks a year in jail. 

If the illegally acquired non-public information material is illegally produced, sold or distributed, the penalty could be as much as five years imprisonment.

Both of these are accompanied by a fine of a year’s salary which is about R12000 in Mozambique.

Fewer than half of Mozambique’s 31 million people own mobile phones

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