30-08-2017, 10:46 AM
Computer crime generally refers to criminal activity when a computer or network is the tool, purpose or location of a crime. These categories are not exclusive and many activities can be characterized as belonging to one or more categories. In addition, while the terms computer crime or cybercrime are more limited to describing criminal activity in which the computer or network is a necessary part of the crime, these terms are sometimes also used to include traditional crimes such as fraud , theft, counterfeiting and embezzlement of funds, in which computers or networks are used to facilitate illicit activity.
Computer crime can be broadly defined as a criminal activity involving information technology infrastructure, including illegal access (unauthorized access), illegal interception (through technical means of non-public transmission of computer data from, or within (interfering with the operation of a computer system by introducing, transmitting, tampering with, deleting, deleting, altering or deleting computer data), improper use of devices, falsification (deletion, deterioration, alteration or deletion of computer data) Identity theft), and electronic fraud.
Computer crime can be broadly defined as a criminal activity involving information technology infrastructure, including illegal access (unauthorized access), illegal interception (through technical means of non-public transmission of computer data from, or within (interfering with the operation of a computer system by introducing, transmitting, tampering with, deleting, deleting, altering or deleting computer data), improper use of devices, falsification (deletion, deterioration, alteration or deletion of computer data) Identity theft), and electronic fraud.