Identity theft on communication networks

The Internet is one of the fastest growing technical infrastructures. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are now ubiquitous and the trend towards digitalization is growing. However, the expansion of the information society is accompanied by new dangers and serious threats, in particular cybercrime.The increasing use of digital information has opened up new opportunities for criminals to gain access to identity-related information.identity-related information. Thus, the process of transforming industrialized nations into information societies has had a significant influence on the emergence of new identity theft offences. Nevertheless, despite the significant number of identity theft cases on the Internet, digitization has not fundamentally changed the essence of the offence, but it has created a new type of crime.but it has created new targets and facilitated the development of new methods. methods.