Title: Cyber Crime & Cyber Security - Tutorialspoint
Headings: Cyber Crime & Cyber Security
Cyber Crime & Cyber Security
Types of Cybercrime
Hacking
Unwarranted mass-surveillance
Child pornography
Child grooming
Copyright infringement
Money laundering
Cyber-extortion
Cyber-terrorism
Cyber Security
How to Secure Data?

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Cyber Crime & Cyber Security
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The crime that involves and uses computer devices and Internet, is known as cybercrime. Cybercrime can be committed against an individual or a group; it can also be committed against government and private organizations. It may be intended to harm someone’s reputation, physical harm, or even mental harm. Cybercrime can cause direct harm or indirect harm to whoever the victim is. However, the largest threat of cybercrime is on the financial security of an individual as well as the government. Cybercrime causes loss of billions of USD every year. Types of Cybercrime
Let us now discuss the major types of cybercrime −
Hacking
It is an illegal practice by which a hacker breaches the computer’s security system of someone for personal interest. Unwarranted mass-surveillance
Mass surveillance means surveillance of a substantial fraction of a group of people by the authority especially for the security purpose, but if someone does it for personal interest, it is considered as cybercrime. Child pornography
It is one of the most heinous crimes that is brazenly practiced across the world.