Dubai: Two men, who hacked into a services company’s system and divulged secret information to its competitors,  A Nepalese manager, G.S., and an Indian salesperson, C.N., hacked into the e-system of a support services’ company, breached the confidentiality of its clients’ data and divulged them to the company’s rivals in local market between December 2013 and February 2014. were each fined Dh500,000 in what is believed to be the highest fine in a cybercrime case.

The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted G.S. and C.N. of breaching the cybercrime law by hacking into the company’s system in an illegal manner, stealing secret information and divulging those information to the rivals in a malicious intent. cybercrime law offenders, presiding judge Urfan Omar fined the duo Dh500,000 each.