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An empirical analysis of sentencing of “Access to Information” computer crimes

James T. Graves, Alessandro Acquisti

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies > 20 > 2 > 434 - 471

There is a widespread perception that computer crime sentencing is too harsh. But this criticism has occurred in the absence of comprehensive, multi‐year data on how computer crimes are actually sentenced and how those sentences compare to other, purportedly similar crimes, such as trespass, burglary, or fraud. This article uses an analysis of real‐world sentencing data to examine how the computer...

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Criminal-law protection against cybercrime in Poland: Successful harmonisation or unachieved task?

Małgorzata Skórzewska-Amberg

Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem > 2016 > 8 > 2 > 126-156

The aim of this paper is to address the issue of implementation of international legal instruments regarding cybercrime into the Polish criminal law. Effective protection against cybercrime requires, among other things, the establishment of an appropriate legal framework. Criminal prohibitions of a deterrent effect, which are a part of this framework, seem of particular importance. In Europe such...

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Phishing - the threat that still exists

K. Nirmal, B. Janet, R. Kumar

2015 International Conference on Computing and Communications Technologies (ICCCT) > 139 - 143

2015 International Conference on Computing and Communications Technologies (ICCCT)

Phishing is an online security attack in which the hacker aims in harvesting sensitive information like passwords, credit card information etc. from the users by making them to believe what they see is what it is. This threat has been into existence for a decade and there has been continuous developments in counter attacking this threat. However, statistical study reveals how phishing is still a big...

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THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE HISTORY, MISSION AND ROLE IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGY

Magdalena Wiśniewska

Polish Political Science Yearbook > 2014 > 43 > 209-228

The United States Secret Service is an American federal law enforcement agency that is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Until March 1, 2003, the Secret Service was part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Secret Service has two distinct areas of responsibility: (1) Financial Crimes, covering missions such as prevention and investigation of counterfeiting of U.S. currency and...

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The Dark Net: Self-Regulation Dynamics of Illegal Online Markets for Identities and Related Services

Frank Wehinger

2011 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference > 209 - 213

2011 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC)

Identity data, e.g. data to gain online access to computers, bank accounts, and credit card data, are traded in online marketplaces. This paper investigates the functioning of illegal online markets. These markets lack state regulation and the means to enforce agreements and the paper shows that they use alternative mechanisms to create trust among market participants. The sales outlets of illegal...

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Computer Fraud and Ethics: The Societe Generale's Trading Fraud

J Lim, Ng Kah Hwa

2011 International Conference on Computer and Management (CAMAN) > 1 - 3

2011 International Conference on Computer and Management (CAMAN 2011)

Computer crime is a problem that continues to increase across the world. In this paper, we use a recent case of computer fraud by a rogue trader in Societe Generale, a French bank, to examine how the fraud was committed. We then discuss how to improve the risk control systems. Even with an improved risk control systems and strengthening of computer security systems, computer fraud cannot be prevented...

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Author Identification of Software Source Code with Program Dependence Graphs

Rong Chen, Lina Hong, Chunyan Lü, Wu Deng

2010 IEEE 34th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops > 281 - 286

IEEE 34th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW 2010)

With the significant increase of computer and Internet based crimes, it becomes increasingly important to have techniques that can be applied in a legal setting to assist the court in making judgements about malware, theft of code and computer fraud. To better deal with author identification of software, we propose a semantic approach to identifying authorship through the comparison of program data...

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Technology-based Financial Frauds in Taiwan: Issues and Approaches

Jau-Hwang Wang, You-Lu Liao, Tyan-muh Tsai, G. Hung

2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics > 2 > 1120 - 1124

2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Financial fraud or deception for personal gain had become one of the major crimes in society. The situation worsened by the advance and widely application of information technology (IT). In recent years, the number of financial frauds in Taiwan increased dramatically, from 2,817 in 1997 to 43,342 in 2005, which means a 15 fold increase in 8 years. Besides the fact that the transcendence and the anonymity...

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THE COMPUTER FRAUD IN THE PRACTICE OF THE POLISH INVESTIGATION ORGANS

R. A. Stefanski

Studia Prawnicze > 2006 > 4(170) > 131-133

The analysis referred to 64 Polish cases of computer fraud (Art. 287 of the Penal Code (PC)) in which the preliminary proceedings were terminated in 2002 and first half of 2003. Relatively great number of cases consisted in issuing false invoices and falsifying accounting documents as well as falsifying bank accounts records and other bank documents. Attacks on records on the computer information...

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COMPUTER FRAUD: PROVISIONS OF THE POLISH LAW

B. Kunicka-Michalska

Studia Prawnicze > 2006 > 4(170) > 103-122

The Polish Penal Code (PC) provides for a separate offence of computer fraud, which constitutes a modern solution. This offence has a basic and a more favourble form (Art. 287 Par. l and 2 of the PC), as well as aggravated one (Art. 294 of the PC). It is an offence directed against property.

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„Your character has been robbed. Do you want to sue the other player?” Polskie prawo karne a „kradzież” przedmiotu w grze komputerowej

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódźkiego, Adam Olczyk, Katedra Teorii i Filozofii Prawa Uniwersytet Łódzki, mgr Adam Olczyk – urodzony w 1987 roku w Opolu; absolwent filozofii i prawa na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim; obecnie doktorant w Katedrze Teorii i Filozofii Prawa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego oraz asystent sędziego w Naczelnym Sądzie Administracyjnym; w kręgu jego zainteresowań znajduje się szeroko ujęta filozofia prawa a także twórczość Leszka Kołakowskiego

Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies > Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies 1/2014

Technological development implies a lot of new ways to commit crimes in cyberspace. Stealing virtual objects (such as magical swords or shoes) is one of them. It is unique because virtual theft combines one of the oldest types of criminal activity with the achievements of modern technology. This article deals with those situations when the actions taken by players stop being protected by the ‘magic...

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