Pogodbenice sprejmejo potrebne zakonodajne in druge ukrepe v svojem notranjem pravu, ki kot kazniva opredeljujejo naklepno storjena dejanja resnega, neupravičenega oviranja delovanja računalniškega sistema z vnosom, prenosom, poškodovanjem, izbrisom, poslabšanjem, spreminjanjem ali oviranjem računalniških podatkov.
Each Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences under its domestic law, when committed intentionally, the serious hindering without right of the functioning of a computer system by inputting, transmitting, damaging, deleting, deteriorating, altering or suppressing computer data.