Since the beginning of time, unfortunately, some people have
been intent on causing harm to others for their own benefit. This,
of course, has been true with respect to Internet conduct. Indeed,
we now live in a world in which the "black hats" are
actively hacking and causing other problems in cyberspace, while
the "white hats" are trying to combat these efforts.
Cybercrime is not confined within the borders of sovereign
states. What happens on the Internet goes beyond national borders.
After all, we are dealing with the World Wide Web. Accordingly,
cybercrime has international implications.
For example, computers here in the United States can be hacked
from overseas. Sensitive data, including important financial
information, can be purloined and used in another country. Thus,
there can be all sorts of international identity theft. Indeed, I
know this personally, as once my credit card information was
somehow stolen and someone else then made purchases for
