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What Is Cyber Crime? - Definition, Types & Examples
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Cyber Crimes
Computer Viruses
Cyberstalking
Identity Theft
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Content: The damage from phishing scams usually results in financial loss. In January 2007, a defendant in California became the first individual convicted by a jury for phishing. He was found guilty of sending thousands of emails to America Online, or AOL, email users while pretending to be AOL's billing department. By posing as the billing department, he was able to obtain personal and credit card information of these users. Phishing is punishable by a prison sanction. Lesson Summary
Cyber crimes are any crimes that involve a computer and a network. In some cases, the computer may have been used in order to commit the crime, and in other cases, the computer may have been the target of the crime. Different types of cyber crimes include: Computer viruses, which are computer programs that, when opened, put copies of themselves into other computers' hard drives without the users' consent
Cyberstalking, which is the use of the Internet or electronics to stalk or harass an individual, an organization or a specific group
Identity theft, which is a form of stealing someone's personal information and pretending to be that person in order to obtain financial resources or other benefits in that person's name without their consent
Phishing scams, which include the attempt to obtain sensitive information, such as usernames and passwords, by pretending to be a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication
Most types of cyber crimes involve a prison sentence as a punishment for the offender. Learning Outcomes
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