Crimes cibernéticos: análise da legislação penal e formas de prevenção

Abstract

The study of this work aims to contribute, providing knowledge to the citizens about what is, and what to do if they are victims of cybercrime, and using this knowledge may be to have a vision about how to prevent, as well as, how to combat this type of crime, which despite of recent, is affecting society increasingly. It exposes a brief historical account of the emergence of the World Wide Web in Brazil and worldwide, mentions some recurring computer crimes on the Internet and makes the analysis of the aforementioned offenses, it aims to verify the forms of cyber attacks and system weaknesses and their peculiarities. It explains how users can protect themselves from possible attacks and injuries caused by virtual criminals. It shows directly and succinctly the issues relating to cybercrime and the way the transgressors act to defraud their victims. It brings the way that it is made and the existing legal means to suppress and punish this conduct. Also, it comments the importance of the civilian Internet Code and Law 12.737 / 12, popularly known as Law Carolina Dieckmann, which amended some provisions of the Penal Code and demonstrates the lack of criminal laws to criminalize and penalize individuals who focus on this criminal technique.