70 E-crimes Reported Since January Month

A total of 70 e-crime reports have been made so far since the new e-crimes law took effect on January 12, 2016, local daily Al-Qabasreported. According to report, most of the cases reported involve embezzlement, forgery, data theft, illegal access to secret systems, vice and public manner-related crimes. 

Daily also reported that the users of some Twitter accounts were still ignorant of the fact that circulating slanderous information was incriminated by law, and that such accounts could be referred to public prosecution.

According to the e-crimes law, ‘e-fraud crimes’ are those used to affect a secured electronic or data system, data web, document, electronic record, computer system, electronic signature or electronic information through programming, revelation or publication of a digit, password, code or any other secret information with the aims of making unlawful gains or benefits or harming others.

 

SOURCE : IIK

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