The Consent of the Victim as Legal Defence in Cybercrime cases

The rise of Cybercrimes provides with great concerns among users, industry, banking sector or public institutions in terms of how much secure their computer systems or computer data are. Both Ethical and Non-Ethical hacking came-up as viable solutions for any natural or legal person willing to perfo...

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Main Author: Maxim DOBRINOIU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2017-05-01
Series:Challenges of the Knowledge Society
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Online Access:http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2017_articles/index.php?dir=01_criminal_law%2F&download=CKS_2017_criminal_law_027.pdf
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Summary:The rise of Cybercrimes provides with great concerns among users, industry, banking sector or public institutions in terms of how much secure their computer systems or computer data are. Both Ethical and Non-Ethical hacking came-up as viable solutions for any natural or legal person willing to perform its own security checks. Taking into consideration the nature of such security evaluation techniques, that in certain situations may be regarded as cybercrimes, there should be a proper understanding of the circumstances when the victim may grant permission to the attackers to perform specific tasks against its own systems or data, especially when these belongs to a public institution.
ISSN:2068-7796
2068-7796