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With The Advancement Of Technology It Has Changed The Entire

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With the advancement of technology it has changed the entire world and with it the criminal justice system. With Technology becoming a part of peoples everyday lives it is to be expected that technology would cross over into the world of crime. New computer crime has escalated in the past 10 years. As with the advancement of crime it has also made advancements in crime fighting aspect of criminal justice, these advances help criminal justice professionals in the community while on duty and during the investigatory stage. The advent of technology in the criminal justice system has not only changed crime and law enforcement but also changed the way criminal investigation is done and the way the legal system interacts with the criminal …show more content…

One of the biggest computer crimes is Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS) defined as “techniques or actions involving the use of one or more damaged computers to damage another computer or a targeted computer system in order to shut the computer or computer system down and deny the service of the damaged computer or computer systems to legitimate users” by the Arkansas code. These DDoS attacks are one-way attack someone by affecting their computer network. DDoS attacks send a message to the people running the network that they can be affected, many people use DDoS attacks to make a political statement. One recent DDoS attack against the Luxembourg government was made in late February of this year “According to reports from the Luxemburger Wort, the attack started at 9.30 am, forcing the web servers of many state authorities offline or difficult to reach. Just over an hour later, the state-owned IT operator "Centre des Techniques de l 'information de l 'Etat" (CTIE) sent a message via Twitter, to confirm that the network was the victim of a DDoS attack” (Millman, 2017) there cannot be a sure reason for the attack but these types of attacks are used in a political context to protest the actions of that nation. Computer crime can be more than just for money it can be a political statement, a warning, or threat of worse to come. It is clear that computer crime is not slowing down or going to slow down “In the

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