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