INVITED SPEAKER
Computer Crime on the Internet - The Case of
the Virus
Walter Jaburek, EDV Concept Technisches Büro für Informatik GmbH
Since the time of the first computers, the new machines have been used for criminal purposes, too. Times have changed, computers have become connected one to another, the result now is called "The Internet". Ways of criminal activities have adopted to this change as well. Internet or Web crime perhaps is one of the most flourishing pastimes for criminals. Within the broad range of real and possible criminal activity invention, production, and dissemination of worms, viruses and the like seems to be the most dangerous action against the net itself.
Three questions seem worth to be discussed:
* Is it or should it be a crime to invent,
produce, and/or disseminate worms or viruses?
* What are the chances of any offender to be caught and fined?
* What measures should be set by the Internet Community to make these
activities harder and more prone to be prosecuted in practice?
Of course all these deliberations are to be seen on the other side by the eyes of free speech and privacy. Almost every activity of the state preventing crime might be seen as restriction of individual freedom and a threat to democracy. The future will see much more discussion in that direction. Virus-Prevention could give a good example on that.
 Walter
J. JaburekCEO of EDV Concept Technisches Büro für Informatik GmbH Member of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Department for Legal Informatics and Information Law Sworn in expert on EDP and Telecommunications for the Austrian Courts * Studied Music, Technical Mathematics/Informatics and Law at
Graz University and Technical University
Member of: * Österreichische Computergesellsdchaft (OCG), Working group
on Computer Contracts Publications: * Books on computer crime, computer contracts, security of
telecommunication systems, Internet Law, EDP Procurement |