CYBER CRIME

Cybercrime, also called computer crime, the use of a computer as an instrument to

further

illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and

intellectual
property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. Cybercrime, especially through
the Internet,
has grown in importance as the computer has become central to commerce,
entertainment,

and government

Most cybercrime is an attack on information about individuals, corporations, or

governments.
Although the attacks do not take place on a physical body. they do take place on
the personal
or corporate virtual body, which is the set of informational attributes that define
people and

institutions on the Internet. In other words, in the digital age our virtual
identities are essential

elements of everyday life: we are a bundle of numbers and identifiers in multiple

computer
databases owned by governments and corporations. Cybercrime highlights the
centrality of
networked computers in our lives, as well as the fragility of such seemingly solid
facts as

individual identity.

Cyber Crime in India

In India, cyber crime can be defined as a crime or an unlawful act where the
computer is used

either as a tool, a target or both. In other terms

. cyber crimes in India can be defined as an

unauthorized access to some computer system without the permission of rightful

owner or

place of

iminal activity and include everything from online cracking to denial of service

attack

Some examples of cybercrime include phishing, spoofing, DoS (Denial of Service)

attack,

credit card fraud, online transaction fraud, cyber defamation, child pornography.
etc.
Causes of Cyber Crime in India

Cybereriminals always choose an easy way to make big money. They target rich people
or

rich organizations like banks, ct

sinos and financial firms where the transaction of a huge

amount of money is made on an everyday basis and hack sensitive information