STATE AND PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Аннотация

Transnational cybercrime is one of the greatest threats to international security today. With the rapid development of digital technologies and Internet resources, criminals are finding new ways to use information technology for illegal activities, including data theft, system hacking, espionage, malware distribution,and financial fraud. Keywords: cybercrime, information technology, hacking, espionage, malware distribution, and financial fraud, digital technologies. Introduction. Since crimes committed in the digital space are not limited by geographical borders, their transnational nature requires joint efforts of states and international organizations to effectively combat them. However, the current state of international cooperation still faces a number of significant challenges, such as differences in legislation, jurisdictional barriers, political and cultural confrontations. In recent years, due to the rapid development of digital technologies, the increase in the number of Internet users and the increase in the number of devices connected to the network, crimes in the field have grown significantly. Statistical data from various sources, such as Europol, Interpol, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, and analytical reports from cybersecurity companies, confirm this trend. In particular, financial losses from crimes in the digital space have increased significantly in 2023-2024. Global losses are forecast to reach $9.5 trillion in 2024.By 2025,losses are expected toreach $10.5trillion.[1] Such losses are associated with ransomware attacks (malicious software that locks or encrypts a device and extorts money from the user), data leaks, DDoS attacks (Denial-of-service) - denial- of-service attacks. Sending a large number of requests to a web resource, causing it to stop working)and theft ofpersonal information.