artificial intelligence and cybercrime

Artificial Intelligence and Cybercrime: Keeping Up With a Rapidly Changing Threat

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Artificial Intelligence and Cybercrime: Keeping Up With a Rapidly Changing Threat

By

Alphonso Nesbitt

CRJ 233 Cyber Crimes and the Law

10/24/26

EVALUATING VULNERABILITIES AND AI-DRIVEN FRAUD IN 55+ COMMUNITIES 3

Artificial intelligence is making cybercrime more difficult to detect, investigate, and prevent. As AI becomes more accessible, criminals can use it to create more believable scams, impersonate real people, automate attacks, and find weaknesses in systems faster than ever before. This creates major challenges for cybersecurity professionals, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system because it becomes more difficult to identify offenders, verify digital evidence, and determine who is responsible for a crime.

As technology continues to evolve, current cybercrime laws and traditional investigative methods may struggle to keep up. To address these threats, we need stronger laws that specifically target AI assisted fraud, deepfakes, identity theft, and other emerging forms of cybercrime. Organizations must also strengthen their security practices through employee training, stronger authentication methods, and continuous monitoring of networks and systems.

At the same time, law enforcement agencies need access to more advanced digital forensic tools to trace AI assisted attacks, verify digital evidence, and identify offenders. These efforts are critical not only for reducing cybercrime but also for protecting personal information, preventing financial losses, maintaining public trust, and ensuring the criminal justice system can effectively respond as technology continues to evolve.

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