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Independent University of Banja Luka , Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Independent University of Banja Luka , Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Law office-Džavid Slamnik , Doboj , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cybercrime as a specific type of crime has lately experienced expansion, so the attacks on countries, institutions as well as individuals are more frequent. The Republic of Srpska has not been left out either, considering the latest attacks on the Integrated Health Information System of the Republic of Srpska. Information technology development and the tendency towards greater digitalization have led to new ways of committing cybercrime acts. In the paper, the authors analyze the methods of execution, phenomenology and typology of the offenders of the criminal acts of computer crime / cybercrime with a special reflection on protection measures, that is, the prevention of both, natural and legal persons. In the paper, a special emphasis is placed on the need of the education of business subjects about the types and manners of recognizing and the consequences of cyber attacks.
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