SOCIAL EFFECT

Cyber crime has grown to be one of the biggest problems facing law enforcement agencies as a result of the development of computer and the information technologies.¹ some of the few numbers of attacks carried out by cyber criminals in 2006 was about 3.24millions, in 2019 cybercrime was estimated to cost the global economy $2trillion, also the global average cost of a data breach was $3.86 in 2020.² Some crimes committed online even outnumbered the ones committed offline. However, researchers predict that around 90% of cyber crime get unreported.³ Criminal act is a dynamic phenomenon. Criminal have used a
variety of mediums over time to further there illegal goals. The development of computer technology opened up numerous option for commerce and communication, as well as numerous chances for traditional crime to be committed
daily.⁴ Government, industry and the general public all used the umbrella word “cyber crime" to describe a wide range of illegal activities and bad behavior involving the use of computers, the internet and the ICTs.⁵