With the great and accelerated development witnessed by various aspects of life, and the use of technological techniques in all areas of work from the use of computers and the Internet, the crime is no longer committed in its traditional form, but has gone beyond the use of the information network using computers and information systems as a tool in committing the crime, which necessitated the provision of legal protection and the creation of a punitive system for the perpetrator of computer crimes and the information network that accompanied the emergence, growth and development of computer systems and networks and the information technology revolution because of its many risks and Great losses to institutions and individuals as they target the attack on data and information that affect the private lives of individuals, as well as threatening national security and national sovereignty. The study found that there is a clear deficiency in many arab substantive and procedural criminal legislations in confronting the phenomenon of crimes that occur by electronic means or on these means, for the seriousness of this crime recommended this study need for Arab legislation to speed up the pace of amending its punitive laws in order to keep pace with the revolution in remote communications, so that there is no separation between reality and law in a way that harms society and its individuals.
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