Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

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2. What are the essential elements of computer fraud in your country?
(1) ‘Deception’
(manipulation) of
the system
(2) Provoking the
system to award
undue benefits
(3) Financial damage
to the victim or
a third party
(4) Other (please
specify)
F. Other computer offences
Required Not required Observations
Fraud
There are several other computer offences, such as damaging data, illegal entry
into a database (“hacking”), illegal downloading of programs or “theft” of data.
In the Sourcebook, we try to see what data are available on a series of such
offences. Here follows a list of such offences:
- “Theft” of electronic data or software (gaining illegally access to any electronic database
with the intent of obtaining dishonestly data)
- Damage to electronic data (altering, deleting or suppressing computer data or programs)
- “Hacking” (gaining illegally access to an electronic database)
- Illegal downloading of software
Please indicate, in the following database, whether your country has special legal
provisions covering these kinds of offences.
Concept Special
offence
Theft of electronic
data or
software
Damage to
electronic data
Punishable
as general
fraud
Covered
by
another
offence
(please
specify)
Available in the
statistics
Police
statistics
Conviction
statistics