Last month, German parliament tightened computer crime laws, including §202c StGB, which says (translation by Phenoelit, thanks):

Whoever prepares a crime according to §202a or §202b and who creates, obtains or provides access to, sells, yields, distributes or otherwise allows access to

• passwords or other access codes, that allow access to data or


• computer programs whose aim is to commit a crime

will be punished with up to one year jail or a fine.
Additionally, this new section is interwoven with other laws, including the ones covering terrorism. The current interpretation includes the acceptance of others committing a crime using your (or our) material as violation of §202c.

This law passed our Bundesrat (or representative organ of the 16 German federal states) and will come into force in a few weeks despite several warnings from IT experts.

Oh thank you, politicians! I'm curious when prosecutors start sueing scientists and administrators for using and exploring bad, bad hacker tools. All this for fighting terror, of course! (To probe further, see Dunning-Kruger effect.)