INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE
TITLE: WHAT IS CYBER CRIME?
MEMBER’S NAME : HASNOR IZZATI BINTI CHE RAZALI
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NOORIDAYU BT MOHAMED
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NORHAMIDAH BT ROHANI
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NOR SHARLIDA BT MOHAMAD JALAILUDIN
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MOHAMAD ARIF BIN NASARUDDIN
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WHAT IS CYBER CRIME?
Crime is a common word that we always heard in this globalization era. Crimes refer to any violation of law or the commission of an act forbidden by law. Crime and criminality have been associated with man since long time ago. There are different strategies practices by different countries to contend with crime. It is depending on their extent and nature. It can be concluded that a nation with high index of crime cases cannot grow or develop well. This is because crime is the direct opposite of development. It can contribute to negative impact in term of social and economic development.
Cyber crime is a new type of crime that occurs in this Science and Technology years.
There are a lot of definitions for cyber crime. According to Wikipidia.com cyber crime also known as computer crime that refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network. Cyber crime is defined as crimes committed on the internet using the computer as either a tool or a targeted victim. Besides that cyber crime can be defined as crimes committed on the internet using the computer as either a tool or a targeted victim (Joseph A E, 2006). Computer can be considers as a tool in cyber crime when the individual is the main target of cyber crime. But computer can be considers as target when the crime is directed to the computer. In addition, cyber crime also includes traditional crimes that been conducted with the access of Internet. For
References: 1) http://www.brainyquote.com/words/cr/crime149615.html#ixzz1h5KlT6pg 2) http://www.crimeresearch.org/articles/joseph06/ 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_crime 4) http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/cyber_crime.html