Cybercriminology transition from traditional criminal techniques to cybercrime

AuthorGeorge Marius Sinca
PositionInspectoratul General al Politiei Române Directia Operatiuni Speciale
Pages67-75
AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicaljournal.univagora.ro
ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677
No. 1 (2014), pp. 190-194
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CYBERCRIMINOLOGY
TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL TECHNIQUES TO
CYBERCRIME
G. M. Șinca
Șinca George Marius
Ministerul Afacerilor Interne
*Correspondence
Inspectoratul General al Poliției Române
Direcția Operațiuni Speciale
E-mail: sinca.george@politiaromana.ro
Abstract
In the last decade innumerable profound analyses of the cybercrime phenomenon were
carried out that have led to predicting a future cyber-attack called the cyber war. Until now
there hasn't been a real threat of this kind. From a criminology point of view, these two
worlds, the real one and the virtual one, are totally different, so it's up to us, the observers,
theoreticians and practitioners to elucidate the connection between these two worlds.
The transition to cybercrime by law breakers, made with a minimum effort, minimum
investment and resources offered by the wide world users, sees that they could launch
themselves into a no limits race.
Investigating methods and techniques for traditional crime improved because of the
technological evolution within the last years. Unfortunately the phenomenon of transition from
traditional crime techniques to cybercrime has not been studied enough. Measures were taken
regarding the law breaker and the crime but the research area of studying the cause of crime,
remained untouched, which is a great disadvantage for the justice system, both for authority
structures and civil ones, leaving behind an opened door for a new superior level of crime.
Key words: cybercrime, transition, crime, threat, cybersecurity, internet
Introduction
Social reaction towards cybercrime is not nonexistent, on the contrary, along with
technological evolution, access to information and to the user himself, is present but in a more
attenuate way.
Once we access this big information cloud, called the Internet, we assume certain risks
by utilizing this virtual environment, threats that stalk our every access.
Cybersecurity can be assured as long as each person develops a security culture; the reason
behind it is simple, they must understand their role as a potential victim and the imminent
threats that they are exposed to by modern communication methods.
The incidents regarding cybersecurity and the major cyber-attacks that some states
and international organizations have fought with have determined the international awareness
of the need to adopt strategies and politics in this area of cybersecurity. So in the present there
are national cyber security strategies like the ones from Estonia (after the cyber-attack from
2007, NATO opens the first Cybercrime Center Tallinn1), United States of America, Great
Britain, Germany, France, which state the necessity of developing their own capabilities to
fight cyber-attacks and set the action and cooperation frame between different governmental
1http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/05-may/e0514a.html

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