Fighting cyber crimes: the experience of certain foreign countries

Today, issues related to the legislative consolidation of combating cybercrimes are very relevant. This direction is promising and, in our opinion, one of the main ones for state authorities. The timely adoption of current legislation is an impetus for the formation of a system and mechanisms for combating virtual illegal actions. In these conditions, the relevance and timeliness of normative legal acts determines the directions, mechanisms and methods of protection of society and the state. Based on the analysis of the experience of foreign countries, the author analyzed modern changes in the field of cybercrimes. It has been established that the process of legislative fight against cybercrimes in foreign countries began as early as the 20th century. The main, fundamental legal acts forming the countermeasure system were also adopted at that time, and most of them are still in effect. However, this does not mean at all that the modern system of combating cybercrime is based exclusively on acts adopted in the last century. In the conditions of an aggressive war, such a thief becomes a combat unit, and his main tool is cyber attacks and hacking. In addition, during the martial law, attacks are possible not only from the enemy, who uses the information space to harm Ukraine’s defense capabilities, but also from those who have decided to take advantage of the situation when law enforcement agencies are overburdened, and to profit from the funds of our citizens It is noted that the modern world is changing rapidly due to such factors as computerization, globalization and informatization, permanent war. In these conditions, technologies and techniques are constantly updated, which leads to rapid changes in the criminal sphere, especially in the field of cybercrimes. New malicious programs, fraudulent schemes and types of computer attacks pose new challenges to the state in the field of countermeasures. Therefore, the legislator adopts new changes to the current legal framework and introduces completely new acts. Therefore, a characteristic feature of the global response to new threats in the information world is the adoption of changes to the current legislation of Ukraine.