---
title: "Cybercrime Defense"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/cybercrime-defense-en"
field: "Criminal Law"
description: "Cybercrime chapter: sanctions from a fine up to eleven years; significant damage from 2,000 GEL. Advocate defence. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Cybercrime Defense

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/cybercrime-defense-en

## About this service

Cybercrime constitutes a separate chapter of the Criminal Code of Georgia and covers the full spectrum of conduct connected with computer systems and data: from unauthorised intrusion, through the manufacture and distribution of intrusion tools, data infringement and infringement for the purpose of financial gain, to the creation of false official computer data. This page reviews the chapter and describes the defence accents characteristic of each group of these offences. The definitional framework also matters: a computer system is any device or group of devices that automatically processes data by means of a program — a personal computer, any device with a microprocessor, or a mobile telephone; and unauthorised means both unlawful conduct and the case where the holder of the right has not directly or indirectly transferred the right to the person committing the act.

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### What sanction does unauthorised intrusion carry?

The basic composition — a fine, corrective labour for up to two years or imprisonment for the same term; by a group, through official position, repeatedly or with significant damage — two to five years; against a critical information system subject — three to six years.

### Which damage is considered significant?

For this chapter, significant damage exceeds 2,000 GEL; for the financial-gain composition significant financial loss is more than 150 GEL and large-scale loss more than 10,000 GEL.

### Is possessing a tool a crime?

No — the manufacture, acquisition or even storage of an intrusion program, device, password or code is punishable only when committed for the purpose of committing an offence, and negating that purpose removes the basis of the charge.

### How is computer fraud punished?

Infringement for financial gain is punished by two to four years of imprisonment; by a group with prior agreement or with significant financial loss — five to seven years; with large-scale loss, by an organised group or repeatedly — six to ten years.