Combat IT Crimes- Cybercrime- law number 175 in 2018

Cybercrime is a fast-growing area of crime. More and more criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity of the Internet to commit a diverse range of criminal activities that know no borders, either physical or virtual, cause serious harm and pose very real threats to victims worldwide.

Although there is no single universal definition of cybercrime, law enforcement generally makes a distinction between two main types of Internet-related crime:

Advanced cybercrime (or high-tech crime) – sophisticated attacks against computer hardware and software; Cyber-enabled crime – many ‘traditional’ crimes have taken a new turn with the advent of the Internet, such as crimes against children, financial crimes and even terrorism.

The changing nature of cybercrime New trends in cybercrime are emerging all the time, with estimated costs to the global economy running to billions of dollars. In the past, cybercrime was committed mainly by individuals or small groups. Today, we are seeing highly complex cybercriminal networks bring together individuals from across the globe in real time to commit crimes on an unprecedented scale.

Criminal organizations turning increasingly to the Internet to facilitate their activities and maximize their profit in the shortest time. The crimes themselves are not necessarily new – such as theft, fraud, illegal gambling, sale of fake medicines – but they are evolving in line with the opportunities presented online and therefore becoming more widespread and damaging.

Most cyber crimes are transnational in nature, therefore Egyptian ministry of interior and Interpol are the natural partners for any law enforcement agency looking to investigate these crimes on a cooperative level. By working together they are able to provide local law enforcement with focused cyber intelligence, derived from combining inputs on a global scale.

the Egyptian’s parliament has issued a new law about this kind of crime which is law 175 in 2018. in the next lines we are putting spot over this law and it is penalties.

• Shall be punished by imprisonment not less than three months and fine not less than ten thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than fifteen thousand Egyptian pounds – or one of these penalties- anyone has by illegal way got any benefits or services of Communication services and broadcasting (television / radio) services.
• Shall be punished by imprisonment not less than a year and fine not less than fifty thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than hundred thousand Egyptian pounds – or one of these penalties- anyone has login by his will or by mistake and stay inside without any permission into a website, private account or information system which is not allowed to login. And if happend as result to this illegal action any damage, erase, alter, copy or republish in this case shall be punished by imprisonment not less than two years and fine not less than a hundred thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than two hundred thousand Egyptian pounds or any of these penalties.
• Shall be punished by imprisonment not less than six months and fine not less than thirty thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than fifty thousand Egyptian pounds – or one of these penalties- anyone has a right to login into a website, private account or information system but he didn’t act regarding to his right and cross the limit of this right by any way (time or subject).
• Shall be punished by imprisonment not less than a year and fine not less than fifty thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than two hundred fifty thousand Egyptian pounds – or one of these penalties- anyone has  stopped or blocked way of   data or information in the network or any computers without any right.
• Shall be punished by imprisonment not less than a month and fine not less than fifty  thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than a hundred thousand Egyptian pounds – or any of these penalties- anyone has hacked or  destroyed  by his will private mail  or website for  a person  and if the mail  or website relates  to a private legal entity  the punishment will be  imprisonment not less than a six months  and fine not less than a hundred thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than two hundred thousand Egyptian pounds – or one of these penalties-.
• Shall be punished by imprisonment not less than a three months and fine not less than twenty   thousand Egyptian pounds and not more than a hundred thousand Egyptian pounds – or any of these penalties- destroyed  by his will design of website for  a person  or a legal entity