COMPUTER CRIMES
A computer crime is defined as any criminal activity that is related to the use of computers. These activities include computer fraud, copyright infringement, and computer theft and computer attack.
COMPUTER FRAUD
Computer fraud is defined as having an intention to take advantage over or causing loss to other people, mainly on monetary basis through the use of computers.
There are many forms of computer fraud which include e-mail hoaxes, programmed fraud, investment schemes, sales promotions and claims of expertise on certain fields.
Students need to be aware of other computer frauds such as health frauds, scams and hacking. Students will also most likely get false information while researching information on the Internet.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Copyright infringement is defined as a violation of the rights secured by a copyright. Copyright infringement involves illegal copy or reproduction of copyrights material by the black market group. The open commercial sale of pirated item is also illegal.
With the current technology, the most perfect copy of the original copy can be downloaded from the internet.
COMPUTER THEFT
Computer theft is defined as the unauthorized use of another person’s property with the intention to deny the owner the rightful possession of that property or its use.
Examples of computer theft include:
- transfer of payments to the wrong accounts
- tap into data transmission lines on database at no cost
- divert goods to the wrong destination
COMPUTER ATTACK
Computer attack may be defined as any activities taken to disrupt the equipment of computer systems, change processing control or corrupt stored data.
Computer attack can be in the forms of:
- physical attack that disrupt the computer facility or its transmission lines.
- an electronic attack that uses the power of electromagnetic energy to overload computer circuitry.
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