About the current trends of crimes committed using information and telecommunication technologies and in the field of computer information in the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article examines current trends in crimes committed through information and telecommunication technologies or in the field of computer information in the Russian Federation. The relevance of the study is determined by the colossal increase in the number of crimes under consideration, which allows us to talk about them as a new threat to national security. The analysis carried out by the authors allows us to draw conclusions that in modern conditions there are a number of legal and technical problems associated with insufficient legal regulation of combating the group of crimes under consideration. The current legislation of Russia, which criminalizes certain illegal acts committed in cyberspace, is only at the stage of its formation and does not correspond to modern challenges and threats. The shortcomings in the existing legal regulation are due to a number of negative factors, in particular, shortcomings of legal technology and numerous violations of its rules; lack of understanding of what modern cybercrime is, what its main manifestations, goals and objectives are; influencing factors and motives pushing individuals to commit illegal acts in the virtual space, etc.