Legal Protection as a Form of State Responsibility for Victims of Cyber Crime in Indonesia

Abstract

. The development of information technology does not always have a positive impact, but it can also have a negative impact on people who judge a crime known as cybercrime. It is a legal obligation for the state government to protect every citizen from actions that can harm the rights of its citizens, one of the cyber crimes in order to provide a sense of security for those who use information technology in their activities in cyberspace. The purpose of this article is to look at forms of cybercrime crime, analyze cybercrime crime victims and forms of legal protection by the State against victims of cybercrime crime. This research uses doctrinal legal research. Sources of legal information use primary legal materials (regulations and relevant documents) for further qualitative analysis. What is used are statutory, conceptual, analytical approaches and comparisons in helping to deal with problem formulations. The results of the study stated that victims of telematics crimes were the trigger for crimes due to their negligence. In positive law, legal protection for victims of cybercrime crimes is the same as legal protection for victims of conventional crimes, namely protection in the form of compensation, restitution and compensation.