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Cybercrime. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Nov 2008, Pages: 148
The internet is a global means of communication,
without national borders or exact limitations to the
applicability of national legislation – calling
for a truly global approach to effectively combat
cybercrime.
The growing importance of the internet with almost
unlimited accessibility and without any authoritative
measures does not only bring about many advantages
such as free and unlimited sharing and access of
information, data exchange, communication facilities,
worldwide shopping etc., but also opens the door for
illegal activities including copyright infringements
by means of unauthorised downloads, hacking, spying,
programming of malicious software and viruses, to
name but a few.
The author analyses the various elements of
cybercrime as it has become more and more organised
and developed into a multi-million dollar business
for hacker groups and individuals over the last few
years. This is combined with an investigation into
the implications of the main underlying issue which
is the lack of a common legal definition, a crucial
element in the fight
against cybercrime.
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