Methods of operation related to the offense of unauthorized access to a computer system

Abstract

This study presents some methods of operation related to the offense consisting in the unauthorized access to a computer system, which is stipulated in article 360 of New Romanian Criminal Code (Law no. 286/2009). Since the material element of the offense is represented by the unauthorized access to a computer system, there are several methods to achieve this access that can be analyzed, such as password attack, trusted access attack, exploitation of technological weaknesses, shared library attack, IP attack or TCP hijacking attack.