Cyber Crime

ESSAY OUTLINE TOPIC : Cyber crimes in Malaysia and U.S.A. : What should we do in Malaysia? INTRODUCTION General statement 1 : Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_crime). General statement 2 : The Oxford Reference Online defines cybercrime as crime committed over the Internet (www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html). General statement 3 : The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines computer crime as any crime that is committed by means of special knowledge or expert use of computer technology. General statement 4 : The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. General statement 5 : Some writers say that “computer crime” refers to computer-related activities which are either criminal in the legal sense of the word or just antisocial behaviour where there is no breach of the law. General statement 6 : Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding cracking, copyright infringement, child pornography, and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential information is lost or intercepted, lawfully or otherwise. General statement 7 : Internationally, both governmental and non-state actors engage in cybercrimes, including espionage, financial theft, and other cross-border crimes. CONTENT CLASSIFICATION OF CYBER CRIMES Main supporting point Supporting detail : There are 4 major categories of cyber crimes. : The 4 major categories are cyber crime against individual, cyber crime against property, cyber crime against organization and cyber crime against society (http://www.reportcybercrime.com/classification.php). Main supporting point Supporting detail : The first category is cyber crime against individual. : Cybercrimes committed against individual or persons include various crimes like transmission of child-pornography, harassment of any

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