Computer crime is aimed at stealing the computer damaging information or stealing information.
The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime or it may be the target. Net crime is criminal exploitation of the Internet.
We can define Cybercrimes as “Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to internationally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (email, notice board, Chat room, and group) and mobile phones (SMS or MMS) etc”. Such crimes may threaten a nation’s security and financial health. Issues surrounding these types of crimes have become high-profile particularly those surrounding cracking copyright infringement child pornography and child grooming. These are also problems of privacy when confidential information is lost or intercepted lawfully or otherwise.
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