2. Internet crime is
everywhere
• In the year ending of July 2010 more than 1.3
million people lost an average of $1,000 to
cyber crime (Thom, 2010). According to an
online survey carried out by Norton
Cybercrime report, 7 in 10 Australians have
been affected by Internet crime.
3. • Viruses and malware make
up 51 per cent of online
crime and phishing accounts
for nine per cent. Phishing
involves the theft of user
names password etc for
various accounts
4. Types of cyber crime
• Cyber Staking is made possible through
the massive increase in popularity of
social networking sites like Facebook
and MySpace. This year (2010)
Generation Y will outnumber baby
boomers and 96% of generation Y is a
member of at least one social network
site. Social media has recently overtake
porn as the number one activity on the
Internet
5. Types of cyber crime
• It can be argued that
Cyberterrorism is the most
dangerous form of Cyber Crime
as it has the intention of
causing physical harm to
people. Cyberterrorism can
take many different forms, but
usually involves the unsolicited
access to classified websites,
mainly Government sites, with
the goal of stealing classified
information or cause general
trouble for the website owner
and/or users.
6. Types of cyber crime
• Cyber scams can take the
form of banking and account
scams, chain letters and
pyramid scams, health and
medical scams, investment
scams, job and employment
scams and money transfer
scams. Of course Internet
scams are not just limited to
these. Bank related scams in
America almost doubled in
2009 costing $559.7 million.
7. Cyber crime and its social implications
• Cyber crime has many affects
on society and the way that
people take part in society
and even the way that they
spend their moneys. One of
the most obvious impacts of
Cyber Crime and all of its
forms is the financial issues
that it brings with it. This is
not only associated with
scams, or bank account fraud
it also goes hand in hand with
acts of Cyberterrorism as-well.
8. • Cyber Crime can also affect big business. Bidgoli
states that Cyber crime has the potential to
“disrupt plants, factories, distribution networks or
critical infrastructure and lessen economic
stability” (Bidgoli, pg 363. 2004). Stability is one
of the biggest determining factors of big business
success and growth because without it there is no
predictability in the market.
9. • when people are directly
or in-directly affected by
cyber crime it effects their
trust in participating in the
digital economy and
without this trust people
will cease to take part,
causing the death or at-
least the slowing down of
the digital economy as we
know it.
10. • For more details on cyber crime see full
report.
