Computer crimes in the Penal Code

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Under the name of computer crimes are all illegal and punishable conduct for which the perpetrators use computer means or that attack computer equipment. It is therefore not a specific category of crimes, but rather generic crimes committed using certain means, in this case, IT, or crimes that attack computer security. In this article we are going to analyze the treatment that the Penal Code dedicates to this type of crimes. We can help you At Dexia Abogados we are lawyers specializing in computer crimes . If you need an office with extensive experience in Criminal Law, contact us and find out without obligation . CONTACT US What are computer crimes? All crimes committed using computer means and instruments, or in digital space or the Internet,  are considered computer crimes . With technological advances that are happening more and more rapidly, the quantity and variety of computer crimes is increasing rapidly, covering an endless number of criminal behaviors that are carried out by any telematic or computer means without being able to speak of a list. crime rate.

The legal assets protected by these criminal types range from digital assets and computer systems, to others related to the individual sphere of people, such as the security, identity and property of people, companies and institutions. Four broad categories of computer crimes can be distinguished , depending on the mode of operation, the assets attacked and the results sought: Computer scams , which seek to obtain economic benefit through computer deception. These include phishing or carding practices, consisting of stealing personal and banking data through deceptive links sent over the Internet or DM Databases by copying bank cards, respectively. Computer damage crimes , which seek to damage other people's equipment through acts of computer sabotage. Phreaking or fraud in telecommunications. Cybercrimes against privacy . What crimes committed by computer means does the Penal Code contemplate? The Penal Code contemplates the computer modality for several common crimes that can also be committed by means other than computer, along with other crimes that directly attack computer equipment or the security of computer data.



Computer scam Article 249 includes the possible commission of the crime of fraud using computer means. Thus, the following are punished with a prison sentence of 6 months to 3 years: Those who, for profit, unduly hindering or interfering in the operation of an information system or improperly introducing, altering, deleting, transmitting or deleting computer data or using any other computer manipulation or similar device, achieve a non-consensual transfer. Those who, fraudulently using any material or immaterial means of payment other than cash or the data contained therein, carry out operations to the detriment of its owner or a third party. Those who manufacture, import, obtain, possess, transport or trade, or provide third parties with devices, instruments or data or computer programs for the commission of the aforementioned scams. Those who illicitly appropriate any material or immaterial payment instrument other than cash for fraudulent use.