An Analysis of the Cybercrime Phenomenon. Damages Caused by Cyber-Attacks
Author(s): MARIN, Răzvan-Ionuț
Author(s) keywords: computer frauds, cyber-attacks, cybercrime
Reference keywords: cyber-attacks, cybercrime
Abstract:
The advance of the technology was very fast in the last century and the computer is more present in our lives as well as the Internet. Referring to any crime that involves a computer and a network, cybercrime can be defined as a crime in which a computer is the object of the crime (hacking, phishing, spamming) or is used as a tool to commit an offence (child pornography, hate crimes). This article presents what are the damages produced worldwide by the cybercrime phenomenon. This tends to be the future problem of the police activity, a challenge in which the future policemen will have to be more prepared, smarter and updated to the last technology in the world, respecting a new and improved law.
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English title: An Analysis of the Cybercrime Phenomenon. Damages Caused by Cyber-Attacks
Original title: O analiză a fenomenului criminalității informatice. Prejudicii aduse de atacurile cibernetice
Author(s): MARIN, Răzvan-Ionuț
Article Language: Romanian
Date of Publication: 2014-06-28
Publication: International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime
ISSN: 2285-9225 e-ISSN: 2286-0096
Digital Object Identifier: 10.19107/IJISC.2014.01.05
Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1, Year 2014
Section: Studies and Analysis of Cybercrime Phenomenon
Page Range: 47-52 (6 pages)
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