Hackers without borders: A legal response

Running head: HACKERS WITHOUT BORDERS: A LEGAL RESPONSE
Hackers without borders: a legal response
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Press release.........................................................................................................................3
Distributed denial-of-service attack.....................................................................................4
Extradition...........................................................................................................................4
Need for an international cybercrime tribunal.....................................................................6
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................7
References............................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The Internet has successfully made our world too small in almost every aspect. While
doing so, it has also bought many concerns and vulnerability with it. The issue of privacy and
data protection has become an important issue throughout the world. It has been said by any
security experts of Australia that next generation war will not be fought through guns and
soldiers but it will be fought through cyber warfare which includes various such ways and
techniques under hacking that could be used (is being used) by any hostile nations around the
world. Hence, being a special adviser to the federal Attorney General, it becomes a great concern
regarding the number of extradition requests received from US authorities related to hacking or
distributed denial of service attacks that are carried out through young people in Western
Sydney. In this perspective, a short report regarding the issues and the extent of general mater is
cyber-crime for its nature and alleged offender in NSW as well as target that normally occurs in
the cases are presented in the study. In addition, how an international cybercrime tribunal or
forum can be developed for dealing the matters is described in the study.
Press release
Henry and Powell (2016) stated that the growing cybercrime in Australia has put a
different sort of pressure on the legal system of the country. Australia has been always an ardent
follower of the International conventions and laws that are made to facilitate goodwill among the
nation. One such nation is the United States of America that have significantly increased the
number of extradition request to Australia. Majority of this request is based on the cybercriminal
that has been using the Australian soil to attack various internet and networking platforms of the
USA. The Attorney General of Australia has been given the legal responsibility of handling all