The new proposal retains most of the provisions currently in place - namely the penalisation of illegal access, illegal system interference and illegal data interference as well as instigation, aiding, abetting and attempting to commit those criminal offences - and includes the following new elements in order to address new threats posed by cybercrime:
Uues ettepanekus säilib suurem osa olemasolevatest sätetest (nimelt ebaseadusliku juurdepääsu, ebaseadusliku süsteemi sekkumise ja ebaseadusliku andmetesse sekkumise karistatavus, samuti sellistele kuritegudele kihutamine, kaasaaitamine ja kuriteokatsed) ja selles sisalduvad järgmised uued elemendid küberkuritegevusest tulenevate uute ohtude käsitlemiseks: