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The persistent transformation of information technology crimes is driving the academic community to analyze their trends and develop effective countermeasures. The clash between traditional criminal law doctrine and this new challenge necessitates its adaptation, for instance, through judicial interpretation, or, where interpretation is insufficient, through the criminalization of new threats to digital information. Potential trends in criminal law policy include amending specific provisions of the Russian Criminal Code concerning cybercrime, systematizing digital offenses within a dedicated section or chapter during the development and adoption of a new Criminal Code, and adopting a unified concept for the criminal law policy against high-tech crime. Given that methods of targeting data contained within digital technologies are constantly evolving, criminal legislation will inevitably lag behind emerging digital threats due to objective reasons. Therefore, the author proposes adopting the Chinese experience in drafting dispositions for cybercrime offenses: an open legislative model utilizing broad formulations such as «and other...».