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History of Cyber Crime
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HISTORY
When did this new and insidious variety of crime actually come into being? One may say that the concept of the computer came with the invention of the first abacus, hence it can be said that “cybercrime” per se has been around ever since people used calculating machines for wrong purposes. However, cybercrime has shown itself as a serious threat to society for less than a decade.
The first recorded cyber crime took place in the year 1820!
That is not surprising considering the fact that the abacus, which is thought to be the earliest form of a computer, has been around since 3500 B.C. in India, Japan and China. The era of modern computers, however, began with the analytical engine of Charles Babbage.
In 1820, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a textile manufacturer in France, produced the loom. This device allowed the repetition of a series of steps in the weaving of special fabrics. This resulted in a fear amongst Jacquard's employees that their traditional employment and livelihood were being threatened. They committed acts of sabotage to discourage Jacquard from further use of the new technology. This is the first recorded cyber crime!
Cyber crimes—harmful acts committed from or against a computer or network—differ from most terrestrial crimes in four ways.
They are easy to learn how to commit;
they require few resources relative to the potential damage caused;
they can be committed in a jurisdiction without being physically present in it;
and they are often not clearly illegal.
What is a Computer Crime?
Hacking
Computer "Pirates"
Copyright violations have civil and criminal
remedies.
Financial crimes
Cyber pornography
Sale of illegal articles
Intellectual Property crimes
Forgery
Cyber Defamation
Hacking
The actual word is “Cracking” and not “Hacking”.
'Hackers' are very intelligent people who use their skill in a
constructive and positive manner. They help the government
to protect national documents of strategic importance, help
organisations to protect documents and company secrets,
and even sometimes help justice to meet its end by
extracting out electronic evidence.
Hacking has been defined as "Deliberately gaining unauthorised access to an information system."