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.