Definition of Cybercrime | Organization | Year |
“any unlawful activity committed by means of, or in relation to, a computer system or network, including such crimes as illegal possession and providing or distributing information through a computer system or network” [15] | The Tenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Offender Treatment | 2000 |
“activity directed against the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer systems, networks, and computer data, as well as the abuse of such systems, networks, and data by criminalizing such conduct” [16] | The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention (often referred to as The Budapest Convention) | 2001 |
“criminal acts committed using electronic communications networks and information systems or against such networks and systems” [17] | The Commission of European Communities | 2007 |
“a large range of criminal acts in which computers and information systems are used as a major instrument or as a primary target” [18] | European Union Cyber security Strategy | 2013 |
“a criminal act of which the target is computer information” [19] | Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement | 2016 |