Prevention of crime in the field of information technologies in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine

Abstract

The article examines the directions of crime prevention in the field of information technologies in the conditions of martial law. It is noted that in the process of scientific and technical progress and the active introduction of Internet technologies into all areas of society, crime is also developing.
 This issue is especially relevant today in Ukraine, because in the conditions of martial law, cybercriminals are actively involved in hacking government servers, disinforming the population, using fake profiles in social networks, etc. Today, cyber fraud is widespread, in which criminals intend to learn bank details of citizens under the guise of various payments in order to take possession of funds.
 It is noted that today the war in the information space causes no less damage than the war on the battlefield. In this regard, the process of improving the current criminal and criminal procedural legislation regarding the prosecution of cybercriminals has already begun in Ukraine. Thus, after the full-scale invasion of Russia on the territory of Ukraine, the number of criminal offenses in the field of information technology increased dramatically. The aggressor country uses Internet technologies for disinformation about the invasion of Ukraine, propaganda of hostile ideas, etc. In this regard, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine optimized the criminal and criminal procedural legislation, improving the grounds and procedural mechanisms for bringing criminals to criminal responsibility.
 It was determined that the legislative framework of Ukraine does not contain a separate special act that would regulate the issue of crime prevention in the field of information technologies. Instead, there are several legal acts in Ukrainian legislation that regulate this issue.
 It was concluded that in order to build an effective system of crime prevention in the field of information technology, it is advisable not only to strengthen responsibility for committed criminal offenses, but also to develop socio-economic, organizational-management and moral-psychological directions aimed at neutralizing the factors that lead to the commission of criminal offenses .