Developments in cybercrime law and practice in Ethiopia

With increasing access to information and communication technologies such as the Internet, Ethiopia has recently taken responsive legislative measures. One such legislative measure is enactment of cybercrime rules as part of the Criminal Code of 2004. These rules penalize three items of computer cri...

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Veröffentlicht in:The computer law and security report Jg. 30; H. 6; S. 720 - 735
1. Verfasser: Yilma, Kinfe Micheal
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2014
Elsevier
Schlagworte:
Applied sciences
Computer crime
Computer information security
Computer science; control theory; systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Crime
Criminal code
Cybercrime
Cybersecurity
Denial of service attacks
Draft computer crime law
Ethiopia
Exact sciences and technology
General aspects
Governments
Information systems. Data bases
Internet
Law
Legislation. Standardization
Malware
Memory and file management (including protection and security)
Memory organisation. Data processing
Prosecutions
Software
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime
Draft computer crime law
Computer crime
Ethiopia
Criminal code
Criminality
Legislation
Cybercriminality
Information technology
Recommendation
Dissemination
World wide web
Malware
Denial of service
Internet
Computer security
Computer attack
ISSN:2212-473X, 0267-3649, 2212-4748
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Zusammenfassung:With increasing access to information and communication technologies such as the Internet, Ethiopia has recently taken responsive legislative measures. One such legislative measure is enactment of cybercrime rules as part of the Criminal Code of 2004. These rules penalize three items of computer crimes namely hacking, dissemination of malware and denial of service attacks. The cybercrime rules are however slightly outdated due to changes that have occurred in the field of cybercrime since the enactment of the Code. The surge of new varieties of cybercrimes previously uncovered under the Code and the need to legislate tailored evidentiary and procedural rules for investigation and prosecution of cybercrimes have recently prompted the Ethiopian government to draft modern and comprehensive cybercrime legislation, but the draft law still needs further work on cybercrimes in light of other major legislative developments at regional and national levels. This article closely examines major developments in cybercrime law and practice in Ethiopia since the enactment of the first set of cybercrime rules and proffers recommendations towards a unified cybercrime regime.
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ISSN:2212-473X
0267-3649
2212-4748
DOI:10.1016/j.clsr.2014.09.010