Cybercrime defense
Cybercrime cases are argued in two languages: the legal one and the technical one. An effective defense must speak both.
Scope of practice
- Illegal access to an information system (Art. 360 Criminal Code) and illegal interception of transmissions;
- Interference with data integrity and disruption of information systems;
- Computer fraud (Art. 249 Criminal Code) and illegal operations with electronic payment instruments;
- Connected cases: online harassment, unauthorized account access.
The technical side of the defense
Digital evidence — logs, IP addresses, forensic images of devices — appears precise, yet it is open to interpretation: an IP identifies a connection, not a person; a log may be incomplete or altered; the chain of custody for digital evidence follows strict rules. The computer search (Art. 168 Criminal Procedure Code) has its own legality conditions, and exceeding them leads to exclusion of the evidence.
I challenge technical expert reports with counter-expertise, verify the integrity of forensic copies, and test how digital actions have been attributed to a natural person.
Who this is for
From individuals wrongly accused on the basis of ambiguous digital evidence, to IT professionals whose working tools have been mischaracterised in criminal terms. See also DIICOT proceedings.
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