Cybercrime

Cybercrime is a term that refers to criminal activities with a computer or computer network becomes a tool, target or the scene of the crime. Included into cyberspace crimes, among others, online auction fraud, check forgery, credit card fraud / carding, confidence fraud, identity fraud, child pornography, etc..

Although cyber crime or cybercrime generally refers to criminal activities with a computer or computer network as its main element, the term is also used for traditional criminal activity where computers or computer networks are used to facilitate or enable the crime occurred.

Examples of cybercrime in which the computer as a tool is spamming and crimes against copyright and intellectual property. Examples of cybercrime in which the computer as the target is an illegal access (to fool access control), malware and DoS attacks. Examples of cybercrime in which the computer as a place is identity fraud. While examples of traditional crimes with computers as a tool is child pornography and online gambling.

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