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quietus [soylentnews.org] writes:

It is now legal to hack into any company or government institution in Belgium.

That's the result of a new law on whistleblower protection that came into effect on February 15. Under the law, any citizen with the Belgian nationality is allowed to breach networks of Belgian legal entities without any previous notification or consent, provided he/she describes and reports the breach [belgium.be] to the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium within 72 hours, and does not request a reward for it.

Do you think those hacking misfits should have any protection [brookings.edu] at all? Which legal framework [findlaw.com] exists for hackers in your country?

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