LEGAL REGULATION OF CYBERATTACKS AND CYBERCRIME: ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE AND COUNTERACTION STRATEGIES

Rapid digitalization processes in public life have led to a sharp increase in the scale of cybercrime, posing a threat to economic stability, data privacy, and national security. The problem is becoming particularly relevant in Ukraine in the context of hybrid threats associated with Russian aggression and the intensification of cyberattacks. The purpose of this study was to analyze the legal regulation of cyberattacks and cybercrimes based on Ukraine's judicial practice, identifying characteristic features and trends in the development of law enforcement. To achieve the goal, a systematic review of scientific sources, national and international regulatory acts, and an analysis of selected court decisions were used. The selection of materials was carried out using the PRISMA methodology. The methods of content analysis, comparison, and synthesis were used to process the sources. Scientific publications and court cases related to cybercrimes from 2019 to 2023, as well as international conventions, were considered. The results show that after the Russian invasion, the number of registered cybercrime cases increased. Phishing has become especially popular, accounting for over half of all cases. Most of the crimes were of a cross-border nature. As judicial practice has shown, cybercrime in Ukraine has characteristic features: it is international, and almost all cases involve financial fraud. The main findings indicate that the judicial practice of Ukraine demonstrates the predominance of fraudulent cybercrimes, a significant share of which is phishing, as well as systemic difficulties with the procedural provision of electronic evidence.