Information wars and other cyber threats to personal, public and state security

Introduction. The scientific article reveals some modern problems of information security of the Russian society and the state in the context of emerging risks, threats and open attacks. Criminal manifestations and confrontations in various spheres of public and political life, realized in the information space of the global network and using IT technologies, are considered. At the same time, according to current statistics, in recent years, special services have arrested dozens of spies, as well as thwarted attempts by a huge number of Russian citizens trying to transfer classified information to other states, which undermines the national security of our country.

The article outlines the problems of legislation and the practice of its application in protecting the digital space in Russia and ways to overcome them, types of cybercrimes and the author's vision for improving criminal legislation in this area.

Purpose. A detailed study of the strategy, tactics and methods of information warfare for the development of an active counteraction system.

Materials and methods. To achieve the above-mentioned research goal, such methods as systemstructural analysis, statistical method, method of transition from a general concept to a particular one, comparative legal method, method of legal modeling were used. The opinions of scientists expressed in published scientific papers on similar subjects were also taken into account.

Results. From the point of view of criminal law norms, the forms of information warfare are considered. The emphasis is placed on the high subversive, extremist and terrorist potential of crimes committed on the Internet and through information databases. The composition of ordinary crimes is analyzed, in which the method of committing a crime via the Internet appears as an optional feature of the objective side.

Conclusions. It is proposed to supplement part of the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with clarifying formulations of the qualifying sign of its commission "using information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet," since the use of electronic and information and telecommunication networks in the commission of a crime increases the degree of its public danger by simplifying the commission of the act, anonymity of criminals as well as the magnitude, speed and depth of the negative informational terrorist impact on society.

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