Codice Penale Art. 615-quinquies, Illicit Malware Devices (Repealed)
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Repealed: no longer in force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Before its repeal, Article 615-quinquies punished, with imprisonment up to two years and a fine up to EUR 10,329, whoever, intending to unlawfully damage a computer or telematic system or its information, data or programmes, or to cause the total or partial interruption or alteration of its operation, abusively obtained, held, produced, reproduced, imported, distributed, communicated, delivered, otherwise made available to others, or installed devices, apparatus or computer programmes suited to that purpose.
Legge 90/2024, art. 16, comma 1, lettera d), repealed the article outright, folding its subject matter into the broadened Article 615-quater rather than replacing it with a distinct offence, effective 17 July 2024.
Read the law
official consolidated text of Codice Penale art. 615-quinquies, Brocardi.it