Open AccessGeneral Aspects Regarding Cybercrime Phenomenon
Author(s) -
Alexandru SISERMAN
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of international conference on cybersecurity and cybercrime
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2393-0837
pISSN - 2393-0772
DOI - 10.19107/cybercon.2014.09
Subject(s) - cybercrime , phenomenon , the internet , computer security , state (computer science) , internet privacy , computer science , business , world wide web , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics
Governments, the military and the world economy cannot operate without using a computer. Computers that traded this huge increase of information they communicate through Internet or numerous other military and financial networks. Being an important good, the information must be protected and is useful as long as it remains valid, unaltered and true. Cybercrime is a new category of crime formed in late XX and beginning of XXI which brings violations of law both towards individuals and businesses worldwide, as well as towards the state, causing loss of billions American dollars annually.