While most Irish school kids would regard hacking into their friends or classmates email account as a joke or a bit of fun it is viewed completely different in Qatar. A schoolboy found guilty of the aforementioned offence has been sentenced to 1 year in jail and fined almost €2,000. It has been reported that an obscene image was forwarded from the account and the password changed.

“We assure you that we can crack a cybercrime immediately after it is committed, so people would do better to abstain,” said a Qatar official. He added that the law provided for three years’ prison term for the offenders in such cases.

“We are citing the example of the secondary school student to tell one and all that no one who commits a cybercrime in the country can go unpunished,” he said.