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    This document discusses cyber crime, defining it as illegal activity committed online where the computer is a target, tool, or incidentally related to the crime. It notes that cyber crime is dangerous because of widespread computer use among all demographics and the increasing use of online financial transactions. The first recorded cyber crime dates back to 1820 involving a textile loom automation device in France. Reasons for cyber crime include the ease of storing large amounts of data online, weaknesses in operating systems, easy access to systems, user negligence, and difficulty tracing evidence. Common cyber criminals include disgruntled employees, teenagers, professional hackers, and business rivals, while common victims are desperate or greedy individuals, the inexperienced, and unlucky people

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    This document discusses cyber crime, defining it as illegal activity committed online where the computer is a target, tool, or incidentally related to the crime. It notes that cyber crime is dangerous because of widespread computer use among all demographics and the increasing use of online financial transactions. The first recorded cyber crime dates back to 1820 involving a textile loom automation device in France. Reasons for cyber crime include the ease of storing large amounts of data online, weaknesses in operating systems, easy access to systems, user negligence, and difficulty tracing evidence. Common cyber criminals include disgruntled employees, teenagers, professional hackers, and business rivals, while common victims are desperate or greedy individuals, the inexperienced, and unlucky people

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    This document discusses cyber crime, defining it as illegal activity committed online where the computer is a target, tool, or incidentally related to the crime. It notes that cyber crime is dangerous because of widespread computer use among all demographics and the increasing use of online financial transactions. The first recorded cyber crime dates back to 1820 involving a textile loom automation device in France. Reasons for cyber crime include the ease of storing large amounts of data online, weaknesses in operating systems, easy access to systems, user negligence, and difficulty tracing evidence. Common cyber criminals include disgruntled employees, teenagers, professional hackers, and business rivals, while common victims are desperate or greedy individuals, the inexperienced, and unlucky people

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    This document discusses cyber crime, defining it as illegal activity committed online where the computer is a target, tool, or incidentally related to the crime. It notes that cyber crime is dangerous because of widespread computer use among all demographics and the increasing use of online financial transactions. The first recorded cyber crime dates back to 1820 involving a textile loom automation device in France. Reasons for cyber crime include the ease of storing large amounts of data online, weaknesses in operating systems, easy access to systems, user negligence, and difficulty tracing evidence. Common cyber criminals include disgruntled employees, teenagers, professional hackers, and business rivals, while common victims are desperate or greedy individuals, the inexperienced, and unlucky people

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    CYBER CRIME

    Presented by-
    What is Cyber Crime?
    • Cyber crime is an illegal activity committed on
    the internet.

    • Cyber crime is any crime where:

     Computer is a target
     Computer is a tool of crime
     Computer is incidental to crime
    WHY CYBER CRIME IS DANGEROUS?

    • Everybody is using computer


    • Conventional crimes
    • From white collar criminals to terrorist
    organizations and from teenagers to adults
    • New generation is growing up with computer
    • Monetary transactions are moving on to the
    INTERNET
    First Recorded Cyber Crime:

     In 1820, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a textile


    manufacturer in France, produced the loom.
     The device allowed the repetition of a series
    of steps in the weaving of special fabrics.
    REASONS FOR CYBER CRIME:

    • Capacity of a computer to store data in comparatively low


    space.
    • Weakness in operating system
    • Easy to access
    • Negligence or lack of awareness in users
    • Loss of Evidence
    PROFILE OF CYBER CRIMINALS:
    • Discontented Employees
    • Teenagers
    • Professional & Organized Hackers
    • Business Rivals

    VICTIMS OF CYBER CRIME:


    • Desperados & Greedy People
    • Unskilled & Inexperienced
    • Unlucky People

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