Chapter 17. Obstacles to Prosecution

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There are many obstacles to the successful prosecution of computer crimes. Cyber-crimes bring with them an environment and a set of circumstances which often make the prosecuting of the crimes more difficult. Crimes where computers are the targets are unlike traditional types of crimes. Technology has made it more difficult to answer the questions of who, what, where, when, and how. Therefore, in an electronic or digital environment, evidence is now collected and handled differently from how it was in the past.

It is common that many systems operators do not share information when they are victimized by hackers. They don't contact law enforcement officers when their computer systems are invaded, preferring instead to fix the damage and take action to keep hackers from gaining access again ” with as little public attention as possible.

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