April 2025
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 37m
English
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Chapter 17 Getting International Agreements
As we covered in Chapter 3, the main problem that allows Internet crime to be so rampant is that we cannot identify, stop, or arrest Internet cybercriminals. There are other systematic problems, but that is the main one. Criminals love being criminals on the Internet because they are rarely caught and punished. It’s all reward with very little risk.
Even if we could identify hackers better, most cybercriminals conduct their crimes from countries other than where their victims are. Law enforcement, lawyers, and court systems in one country (where the victim is) often can’t force the other country (where the hacker is) to do anything about it. Internet crime will stay rampant as long as we can’t agree globally on what is and isn’t a crime that should be enforced by all countries. This chapter is about the need to get good, strong, enforceable international cybercrime agreements. We are possibly almost there, at least in theory.
Note: I’m not a lawyer, and anything I state in this chapter could be wrong. With that said, I tried to get things correct as best as I could.
Cybercrime Law Basics
In most countries, there are two main types of laws: criminal and civil (torts). Criminal laws are enforced by the government and law enforcement and may lead to the offender being fined and/or imprisoned (and possibly worse). Civil suits can be brought by anyone, including government agencies, against someone or an organization for breaking a ...
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