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No single tool, legal or technical, is able to fight cybercrime. But civil action litigation, however imperfect, is an effective tool to disrupt cybercrime that is available now.
The bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s annual report noted that while the volume of complaints filed fell slightly from 2021, overall cybercrime damages increased by almost 50 percent.
Negotiations for a U.N. cybercrime convention have entered a critical stage. U.N. member states disagree on what “cybercrime” means and what should be the human rights safeguards of the future convention.
U.S. law enforcement annouced the seizure and takedown of Hydra Market and RaidForums.
The Justice Department extradited and arragined Yaroslave Vasinkskyi for his alleged involvemnt in variety of cyber crimes including the Kaseya hack.
When reading laws about computers, judges should follow the technical approach cited by Justice Barrett in Van Buren. It is a sensible way out of the cybercrime maze.
Restraining orders and other equitable mechanisms of relief were never designed to address such a unique challenge as global cybercrime.
The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for malicious cyber actors who engage in criminal activity.
When the U.S. attempted to build a vocal alliance of like-minded countries in response to an indictment of Chinese hackers, European nations stayed quiet.
As cyber threats during the coronavirus pandemic increase, Congress has considered allowing private lawsuits against foreign states for alleged unauthorized cyber activity. This response would create more problems than it solves.