What is Computer Crime?
"Computer Crime is any violations of criminals law that involve a knowledge of computer technology for their perpetration,investigation, or prosecution." Defined by U.S Department of Justice
Example of Computer Crime:
Computer as Targets of Crime:
Computer as Instruments of Crime:
"Computer Crime is any violations of criminals law that involve a knowledge of computer technology for their perpetration,investigation, or prosecution." Defined by U.S Department of Justice
Example of Computer Crime:
Computer as Targets of Crime:
- Knowingly accessing a protected computer to commit fraud
- Accessing a computer system without authority
- Breaching the confidentiality of protected computerized data
- intentionally accessing a protected computer and causing damage, negligently or deliberatly
- Knowingly transmitting a program, program code, or command that intentionally causes damage to a protected computer.
- Threatening to cause damage to a protected computer
Computer as Instruments of Crime:
- Schemes to defraud
- Using email for threat or harassment
- Intentionally attempting to intercept electronic communication
- Illegally accessing stored electronic communications, including e-mail and voice mail
- Transmitting or possessing child pornography using a computer
- Theft of trade secrets
- Unauthorized coping software or copyrighted intellectual property, such as articles,books,music and video
