Responsibility for Computer Crimes Provided by CIS and Baltic countries Criminal Law
Date: October 15, 2003Source: Computer Crime Research Center
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Article 36. Illegal interference with the work of electronic computers, their systems or networks
1. Illegal interference with the work of automated electronic computers, their systems or networks resulted in distorting, erasing computer information or destroying its carriers, as well as spreading computer viruses by using software and hardware designed for illegal penetration into these machines, systems or networks and capable of distorting, erasing computer information or destroying its carriers are punished with fine up to seventy people's free of tax minimum incomes or refinery works within up to two years, or freedom limitation within the same term.
2. The same actions caused considerable damage, performed again or by a group of persons in prior agreement are punished with freedom limitation within up to five years or imprisonment within the same term
Article 362. Theft, misappropriation, extortion of computer information or its capture by swindling or abusing official position
1. Theft, misappropriation, extortion of computer information or its capture by swindling or abusing official position are punished with fine from fifty to two hundred people’s free of tax minimum incomes or refinery works within up to two years.
2. The same actions performed again or by a group of persons in prior agreement are punished with fine from one hundred to four hundred people’s free of tax minimum incomes, freedom limitation within up to three years or imprisonment within the same term.
3. Actions provided by Parts 1 or 2 and caused considerable damage are punished with imprisonment within the term from two to five years.
Article 363. Violation of automated electronic computer operating rules
1.Violation of automated electronic computer, system or network operating rules on the part of a person answering for their operation resulted in stealing, distorting, erasing computer information or destroying its protecting means, or copying illegally computer data, disturbing considerably the work of these machines, their systems or networks is punished with fine up to fifty people’s free of tax minimum incomes or denial of particular position or activity privileges within up to five years, or refinery works within up to two years.
2. The same action inflicted considerable damage is punished with fine up to one hundred people’s free of tax minimum incomes, refinery works within two years or freedom limitation within up to five years with denial of particular position or activity privileges within up to three years or without it.
The Russian Federation’s Criminal Code
Chapter 28. Computer information crimes
Article 272. Unauthorized access to computer information
1. Unauthorized access to law protected computer information in the electronic computers, their systems or networks or on the machine carriers resulted in erasing, blocking or copying computer information, disturbing the work of electronic computers, their systems or networks is punished with fine from two hundred to five hundred minimum wages, condemned person’s wages or another income within the term from two to five months, refinery works within the term from six months to one year, or imprisonment within up to two years.
2. The same action carried out by a group of persons in prior agreement or an organized group or a person abusing his official position and having equally an access to electronic computers, their systems or networks is punished with fine from five hundred to eight hundred minimum wages, condemned person’s wages or another income within the term from five to eight months, refinery works within the term from one to two years, arrest within the term from three to six months or imprisonment within up to five years.
Article 273. Production, use and spread of detrimental electronic computer programs
1. Production of electronic computer programs or introduction of changes into current programs resulted in erasing, blocking, modifying or copying information, disturbing the work of electronic computers, their systems or networks and use or spread of these programs are punished with imprisonment within up to three years with fine from two hundred to five hundred minimum wages or condemned person’s wages or another income within the term from two to five months.
2. The same actions entailed serious consequences through imprudence are punished with imprisonment within the term from three to seven years.
Article 274. Violation of electronic computer, system or network operating rules
1. Violation of electronic computer, system or network operating rules on the part of a person having an access to electronic computers, their systems or networks resulted in erasing, blocking or modifying law protested information and caused a considerable damage is punished with denial of particular position or activity privileges within up to five years, obligatory works within the term from one hundred and eighty to two hundred hours or freedom limitation within up to two years.
2. The same action entailed serious consequences through imprudence is punished with imprisonment within up to four years.
Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code
Chapter 30. Computer information crimes
Article 271. Unauthorized access to computer information
271.1 Unauthorized access to law protected computer information in the electronic computers, their systems or networks or on the machine carriers resulted in erasing, blocking, modifying or copying data, disturbing the work of electronic computers, their systems or networks is punished with fine from five hundred to one thousand minimum wages, refinery works within up to one year or imprisonment within up to one year.
271.2 The same action performed by:
271.2.1 a group of persons in prior agreement;
271.2.2 an official person abusing his official position and having equally an access to electronic computers, their systems or networks;
271.2.3 or caused great damage is punished with fine from one to two thousand minimum wages, refinery works within up to two years or imprisonment within up to three years.
Article 272. Production, use and spread of detrimental electronic computer programs
272.1 Production of electronic computer programs or introduction of changes into current programs resulted in erasing, blocking, modifying or copying information, disturbing the work of electronic computers, their systems or networks and use or spread of these programs or machine carriers with them are punished with imprisonment within up to two years with fine from five hundred to one thousand minimum wages.
272.2 The same action entailed serious consequences through imprudence are punished with imprisonment within the term from two to five years.
Article 273. Violation of electronic computer, system or network operating rules
273.1 Violation of electronic computer, system or network operating rules on the part of a person having an access to electronic computers, their systems or networks resulted in erasing, blocking or modifying law protected computer information and caused a considerable damage is punished with denial of particular position or activity privileges within up to three years, or social works within the term from one hundred and sixty to two hundred hours, refinery works within up to one year or freedom limitation within up to two years.
273.2 The same action entailed serious consequences through imprudence is punished wit refinery works within up to two years or imprisonment within up to three years.
Byelorussia’s Criminal Code
Section XII. Chapter 31. Crimes against information security
Article 349. Unauthorized access to computer information
1. Unauthorized access to information in the computer system, network or on the machine carriers accompanied with breaking their protecting means and resulted in imprudently erasing, blocking, modifying information or putting computer equipment out of action, or caused another considerable damage is punished with fine or arrest within up to six months.
2. The same action carried out for mercenary purpose, either by a group of persons in prior agreement or a person having an access to computer system or network is punished with fine, denial of particular position or activity privileges, arrest within the term from three to six months, freedom limitation within up to two years or imprisonment within the same term.
3. Unauthorized access to computer information or use of electronic computers, their system or network entailed imprudently wreck, breakdown, disaster, accidents, negative environmental changes or other grave consequences are punished with freedom limitation within up to five years or imprisonment within up to seven years.
Article 350. Modification of computer information
1. Alteration of data in the computer system, network or on the machine carriers, or introduction of obviously false information caused a considerable damage when there are no signs of a crime against property (computer data modification) are punished with fine, denial of particular position or activity privileges, arrest within the term from three to six months, freedom limitation within up to three years or imprisonment within the same term.
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