Cyber Criminals on Trial, by Russell G Smith, Peter Grabosky and Gregor Urbas
K. Barker · International Journal of Law and Information Technology · 2012
In our increasingly digital society, consumers of digital media regularly spend vast amounts of time engaging with technology and surfing the Internet, shopping online and sharing private information and personal data over the web. As with any medium, or with anything, there is always a proportion of users who seek to exploit weaknesses in the system or perhaps maximize their own personal gain at the expense of others. In the digital environment, such activities fall within the realm of cyber crime. The advent of hacking, and the high-profile cases of individuals such as the British hacker, Gary McKinnon, and his extradition to the USA have brought cyber crime to the fore. In light of this background, the developments in technological equipment and ‘know-how’, Smith, Graborsky and Urbas’ Cyber Criminals on Trial discusses cyber crime in a way which has been overlooked to date. This volume takes a broad approach to...