Actual problems of fighting cybercrimes
Date: November 05, 2003Source: Computer Crime Research Center
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... the Internet often try to be connected to it in an illegal way. Many proceedings were instituted in Russia against mathematics students that had stolen others’ Internet access passwords.
Piratical products are widely used in China, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Indonesia because users often do not have enough money to purchase licensed ones at the higher price.
Cybercrimes have specific reasons and fighting them means to apply specific means. The world has already accumulated some appropriate positive skills. Thus, early 2003, the USA created the corresponding national system specified in the “National strategy of cybersecurity” and “National strategy of physical protection of critical infrastructure”. The latter (regarded as “a combination of physical and virtual systems and means that can result in ruining the national defense, economic, security and public health service when disabled or destroyed) has a list of objects included into the above structure [11].
Russia and Ukraine also need these specialized programs to protect themselves from cyberattacks.
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