- Browse/Search the Program
Search
Program Calendar
Browse By Day
Browse By Room
- Information Menu
Search Tips
Virtual Exhibit Hall
- Navigation and Settings Menu
Personal Schedule
Sign In
Particularities of cybercrime in Romania
Sat, September 14, 9:30 to 10:45am, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: 1st floor, Amphitheater 5 „Constantin Stătescu”Abstract
Cybercrime has presented and presents a hard-to-ignore "opportunity" for individuals willing to make substantial illicit income, with little effort, in a relatively short period of time and with the assumption of relatively little risk.
The analysis of the forms of manifestation of this phenomenon, at the national level, we allowed us to observe some particularities and formulate some conclusions.
Regarding the forms of manifestation of the cybercrime phenomenon, we have noticed that (apparently) every five years (approximately), some substantial evolutions/transformations have been registered. Thus, (a) in a first stage (the first three periods, until the year 2006), the phenomenon of cybercrime appears, consolidates, and grows, (b) in the next stage (the next three periods, until the year 2021), this the phenomenon registers constant growth and important transformations and (c) in the current stage (current period, from 2022), the phenomenon manifests valences/mutations grafted onto artificial intelligence.
As for the perpetrators (authors of cybercrime acts), we found that they show a permanent concern through: (a) effective financial investment in new technologies (computer technology/communication equipment), (b) subordination or co-interest of young people with skills in to use computer systems, (c) creating/purchasing criminal schemes, (d) fragmenting general criminal activity, (e) buying influence, and (f) even developing counterintelligence activities.
At the opposite pole, regarding users (victims of cybercrime acts), we found a lack of information, vigilance and an insufficient and ineffective investment in the protection of the informatic systems they use.
Finally, regarding the policies and measures to prevent and combat the phenomenon, we found the need for a close collaboration (national and international) between legislative and law enforcement bodies for the development and dissemination of knowledge regarding the recognition, tracking and investigation of these crimes, respectively to the seizure and recovery of money and goods acquired as a result of their commission.