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Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers

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Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Date Published: 2025-12-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Dissent

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Portugal has amended its cybercrime law to create a legal safe harbor for good-faith security research, exempting certain acts (previously illegal system access or data interception) from punishment when undertaken solely to identify existing vulnerabilities and improve cybersecurity, provided researchers do not seek economic benefit beyond normal professional compensation.

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