QUESTIONS OF QUALIFICATION OF CYBER-EXTORTION

Abstract

The problem of ensuring information security today comes to the fore. Information is becoming an increasingly valuable object that requires special protection. Society, transforming into a digital one, is becoming increasingly dependent on information resources and information and telecommunication networks. Recently, cases of the use of encryption programs for information have become widespread, with subsequent demands for the payment of large sums of money for the preservation of data and their decryption. To date, "cyber extortion" falls under the signs of crimes in the field of computer information, such as unauthorized access to computer information (Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and the creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs (Article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In our opinion, this is not enough. It is proposed to supplement Article 163 of the Criminal Code with additional objective signs aimed at protecting computer information.