CYBERCRIME IN RUSSIA: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR SOCIETY AND THE STATE

Abstract

The modern world is characterized by the rapid development of information relations, information and communication and robotic technologies, global cyberspace, social information networks and cognitive technologies, as well as the total computerization of human society. However, high technologies bring not only benefits to society, but also various problems of a socially negative nature. One of such problems for the world community and modern Russian society is computer crime.

Cybercrime is a new threat to the modern world, and it is worth recognizing that this type of crime poses a real threat not only to individual organizations, individuals, but also to states, their national security and sovereignty.

The purpose of the study is to study the current state of cybercrime activity, the rapid growth of which is noted in the Russian Federation, and to develop, taking into account the studied scientific positions, organizational, managerial and technical measures to counter computer crime. The key factors that significantly contributed to the emergence of a negative situation are also formulated: the low level of digital literacy of the population against the background of the digitalization process, accelerated and deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic; insufficiently effective counteraction to cybercrime activities (insufficient level of competence on the part of law enforcement agencies, imperfection of the anti-fraud infrastructure — a complex of technologies and software developed by to counter cybercrime).

Cybercrime is becoming one of the most serious problems of modern Russian society, causing huge damage to the Russian economy and the welfare of citizens. The problem of cybercrime is a complex problem that requires a comprehensive solution with the active participation of various stakeholders: government agencies, commercial and non—profit organizations, and the scientific community.

The study uses an extensive set of scientific approaches (abstract-logical, deductive, complex and systematic). With the help of the dialectical method of cognition, which determines the study of economic phenomena in their interrelation and development, the implementation of the research process was carried out. To solve individual problems, economic and statistical methods, methods of comparison, absolute, relative and average values, graphical and tabular representation of data were used.