On the victimization of cybercrime victims

The relevance of the problem considered in the article is that many aspects of human life in modern society are carried out in a digital format. At the same time, crime, as an attribute of society, shows the effectiveness of its criminal acts, using the same tool of IT-technology. Statistical data and departmental indices of law-enforcement agencies over the last three years demonstrate that cybercrime and cyberbullying pose the greatest threat and harm to social relations, which ensures protection of rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens’ property. In the study presented to your attention, the author tried to identify the victimological determinants that contribute to victimization of victims of these attacks. Point out the peculiarities of the causes of their victimization behavior directly related to the personality of the victim, the motivation of his/her behavior and the specific life situation (pandemic). At the end of the paper, the emphasis is placed on the main measures that contribute to the devictimization of victims of acts committed by means of information and telecommunication technologies.