Start Date
14-11-2022 1:10 PM
End Date
14-11-2022 1:30 PM
Abstract
This paper attempts to discover the reasons behind the increase in cybercrime in developing nations over the past two decades. It discusses many examples and cases of projects to increase internet access in developing countries and how they enabled cybercrime. This paper examines how nations where many cybercrimes occurred, did not have the necessary resources or neglected to react appropriately. The other primary focus is how cybercrimes are not viewed the same as other crimes in many of these countries and how this perception allows cybercriminals to do as they please with no stigma from their neighbors. It concludes that laws and law enforcement, fund distribution, and ethics of these developing countries need to change to reduce the amount of cybercrime.
DOI
10.32727/28.2023.10
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Cybercrime in the Developing World
This paper attempts to discover the reasons behind the increase in cybercrime in developing nations over the past two decades. It discusses many examples and cases of projects to increase internet access in developing countries and how they enabled cybercrime. This paper examines how nations where many cybercrimes occurred, did not have the necessary resources or neglected to react appropriately. The other primary focus is how cybercrimes are not viewed the same as other crimes in many of these countries and how this perception allows cybercriminals to do as they please with no stigma from their neighbors. It concludes that laws and law enforcement, fund distribution, and ethics of these developing countries need to change to reduce the amount of cybercrime.