In recent years, the expanded use of computers without a parallel growth in security measures against physical attacks on systems or against internal manipulation of data has given rise to an extremely lucrative field of criminal endeavor whose detection depends on a considerable amount of luck. A good deal of the security problem stems from post-Watergate privacy legislation, which protects criminals and hampers effective exchange of information between the public and private sectors. Education of law enforcement and court personnel in this area will facilitate bringing computer criminals to justice, as will streamlined rules of evidence and court procedures and heightened cooperation between members of the public and private security sectors. Footnotes (15) are included.