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Domeniul criminalității informatice – subiect de presă
The Area of Cyber-Crime as Mass-Media Subject

Author(s): Emil Stan
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Criminal Law
Published by: Universitatea Hyperion
Keywords: investigative journalist; digital crime; hacker; methodology; legislation;

Summary/Abstract: Concurrent with the development of IT we assisted to the growth of computer crime. In this paper we emphasize the current developments of a particular scourge, that of digital crime. The progress of information technology has occurred in parallel with changes in the methods used by criminals to break protections of digital computers. World states, including Romania, have had to develop specific legislation to prevent and combat cyber crime, to combat hacker activities, active subjects of such offenses. In the second part of the paper presents the activities of a famous journalist, specialist in digital crime investigation. The last part of the paper presents a methodology for developing a paper in this field, methodology that takes into account the specificities of this type of crime.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 95-102
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian