Cybercrime: Between the limits of danger and the necessities of confrontation

Abstract

Cybercrime is one of the new crimes, and this is due to the technological development and the world of communications, and the bad practice of the latter led to the emergence of this crime, which in turn differs from the traditional crime in its nature, content, scope and even in the privacy and distinction of its perpetrators and the punishment imposed on them. The factors of rapid urbanization and communication technology have contributed Without forgetting the world of the Internet, which was a forerunner in the emergence of this crime, which helped in its rapid spread and the rise of its victims, especially with the shortcomings of the means of censorship, the lack of legal texts, and the imposition of penalties to limit the effects of this type of new crimes targeting individuals and countries, and thus represent a reality. “Electronic Colonialism” in its ugliest form..