Cybercrime in Malaysia and Us
The presences of computer and internet have become increasingly importance in our daily life. Our society is seen greatly entangled with computers and internet connections in a multiple ways range from rapid communications, banking and monetary transactions, public administration, social networking, information and data sharing, sales and purchase of goods and a vast array of business activities and much more. Many of us would be in big difficulty if found suddenly without computers. While overwhelming how information technology has ease our lives, we are also at the same time must be aware of the dark side of this development. The explosion of computer technology followed by global acceptance and adoption of internet by the public have opened up a gateway of opportunities for exploitation and misuse by the criminal elements to exploit other person in this cyber world. The common terminology used to describe this ugly side of internet is cybercrime. General understanding about cybercrime’s definition and classification is important so that users can recognize the threats underlining at the other side of computers. Brief investigation and comparison at notable computer crime cases especially those in the United States will strengthen our foundation about common threats that perhaps been neglected or taken for granted by many of us. Some suggestions on how to deal with cybercrime are also discussed in this paper.
Cybercrime, which also indicated as ‘Computer Crime’, ‘High Tech Crime’ or ‘ICT Crime’ is a term used for a concept that is rather difficult to define (Pieter et al., 2011). According to Garlik (2008), at present, the exact definition of cybercrime is still unclear and there is still no formal scientific or legally agreed meaning. This phenomenon is likely to continue as cybercrime is still considered in its infancy and different types of cybercrimes are so likely to emerge as the advancement of technology grows day by day. The Australian bankers’
Cybercrime, which also indicated as ‘Computer Crime’, ‘High Tech Crime’ or ‘ICT Crime’ is a term used for a concept that is rather difficult to define (Pieter et al., 2011). According to Garlik (2008), at present, the exact definition of cybercrime is still unclear and there is still no formal scientific or legally agreed meaning. This phenomenon is likely to continue as cybercrime is still considered in its infancy and different types of cybercrimes are so likely to emerge as the advancement of technology grows day by day. The Australian bankers’
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