3. • Cyber Crime as those computer mediated
activities which are either illegal or considered
illicit by certain parties and which can be
conducted through global electronic
networks.
- Thomas and Loader (2000)
4. Meaning
• The oxford reference online defines ‘Cyber
Crime’ as a crime committed over the
internet.
• The Britannica defines ‘Cyber Crime’ as any
crime that is committed by means of special
knowledge or expert use of computer
technology.
5. Common Cyber Crime
• Cracking: A person can delete files or put a
virus up or sell information or steal some
source codes and could use it for his own
benefit.
• Email Spoofing: A spoofed e-mail is one that
appears to originate from one source but
actually has been sent from another source . It
can also cause monetary damages.
6. TO KNOW…….
Why should we know about Cyber-Crime?
1. In this Tech-savvy world in 21st century
everyone is engaged with internet, through
whatsapp, twitter, facebook, net-banking and
lots of other platforms are there.
2. And some criminal minded persons commit
crimes here, which is included under
cybercrime.
7. 3. So we should be aware about crimes
happening around in the cyber space.
8. Cyber Crimes
• Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of
events but by the bad intensions of men.
• The greatest crimes do not arise from a want
of feeling for others but from an over
sensibility for ourselves and an over
indulgence in our own.
9. Impacts of Cyber Crime
• Computer Crime can affect the personal records
of the individual. It can impact the financial
resources of a bank, causing confusing and
potentially affecting customer accounts.
• New technologies create new criminal
opportunities as well as new types of crime with
the modernization and availability of technology
for developmental as well as destructive purpose.
10. CYBER SYSTEMS
• Cyber Crime highlights the centrality of
networked computers in our lives, as well as
the fragility of such seemingly solid facts as
individual identity.
11. TYPES OF CYBER CRIME
i. Invision of privacy
ii. Voyeurism. It is an act done by a sexual
prevent who derives gratification from
surreptiously watching sexual acts or objects.
iii. Theft of identity.
iv. Cyber stalking: To stride with difficulty or
haughtily.
12. Cyber laws
• There is absolutely no comprehensive law on
cyber crime anywhere in the world. This is
reason that the investigating agencies like FBI
are finding the cyberspace to be an extremely
difficult terrain.
