SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF CYBERSPIONING AND ITS OBJECT

Abstract

In this article, the author presents certain considerations regarding the concept of cybercrime – cyber espionage – which poses an extremely serious threat today, as well as its object. In particular, the article thoroughly examines the views, ideas, concepts, and scholarly debates existing in legal science on this issue. Based on these academic opinions, approaches, and discussions, the author concludes that current national legislation does not establish adequate legal liability for acts of cyber espionage involving the infringement of confidential information and trade secrets. At the same time, in the legal theory and practice of developed foreign countries, as well as in their special legislation, legal norms regulating liability for cyber espionage have already been formed. Therefore, the author argues that, when establishing liability for this specific criminal act, it is necessary to take into account a number of conditions that have already been developed in international practice. To this end, the author proposes introducing relevant amendments and additions to national criminal legislation.