The System of Criminal Offenses in the Field of Information Technologies: the International Legal Dimension

Abstract

The article examines the system of criminal offenses in the field of information technologies in accordance with the norms of international law. It is noted that during the last twenty years, the process of forming an information society continues in the world, and therefore computing and information networks are increasingly developing - a unique combination of computers and communications. Every day, modern information technologies are developing more actively in Ukraine as well. Human civilization has entered the era of information at the turn of the millennium. Hundreds of millions of people use the world's computer communications system every day. This provides new opportunities for the development of national culture, education, science and economy.

However, technological progress and the introduction of information technology into all areas of society's life have a negative effect, as it leads to an increase in the number of criminal offenses. It also makes it possible to commit new criminal offenses in unconventional ways.

Especially in the conditions of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the use of information technologies in the commission of criminal offenses is a common phenomenon for the occupiers, which leads to the expansion of the list of criminally illegal acts committed in the field of information technologies.

It was concluded that with the development of technical progress, crime also changes, which acquires new, previously unknown forms. Thus, with the emergence of electronic computing devices in the middle of the 20th century, the concept of crime in this area was necessarily associated with the subject of criminally unlawful influence or the subject of a criminal offense, which is a computer. The combination of computers in the network (local, global) made it possible to use computers as a means of criminal offense, and cyberspace became the place of its commission.

Considering the above, the universal range of criminal offenses in the field of information relations has not yet been defined in international legal acts. This is due to the dynamic development of crime, the emergence of new types of criminal offenses committed in the field of information technologies. Therefore, the development of a unified criminal strategy related to computer criminal offenses, their concept and system remains an urgent issue today.