Short analytical analysis of the criminal law fight against crimes in the field of computer information

The article is devoted to topical problems of crimes in the field of computer information. In particular, the authors of the scientific article consider the main aspects of this type of crime. The article analyzes the essence of computer crime, its causes, conditions of origin and further “development”. The authors of the article name and characterize the main groups of measures to prevent computer crimes, which, in particular, include: legal, organizational, technical and criminological measures. It is noted that the prevention and prevention of any crime, including computer crimes, should be comprehensive and fall under the competence of state bodies, and not various commercial structures. After analyzing the materials of a number of criminal cases, as well as statistical data, the authors of the article offer an approximate description of the personality portrait of a criminal who committed a crime in the field of information technology: a description of his character, social status, mental abilities is given, and the age, sex, social and moral characteristics of criminals are considered. The authors conclude that modern criminal law methods of combating computer crimes undoubtedly need further study, which will reveal the most important problematic aspects and issues, which will allow finding the most correct ways to solve them.