CYBER CRIMES
Cyber-crime in all of its forms is one of the fastest growing areas of criminality.
More and more criminals are exploiting the speed; convenience and anonymity that
modern technologies offer to commit a diverse range of crimes, including attacks
against computer data and systems, identity theft, the distribution of child sexual
abuse images, and Internet auction fraud. The global nature of the Internet allows
criminals to commit almost any illegal activity any wherein the world, which makes it
essential for all countries to adapt their domestic offline controls to cover crimes
carried out in cyberspace. It is a criminal activity committed on the internet.
This is a broad term that describes everything from electronic cracking to denial of service
attacks that cause electronic commerce sites to lose money.
The following working definition has increasingly been accepted by Canadian law
enforcement agencies: “a criminal offence involving a computer as the object of the
crime, or the tool used to commit a material component of the offence.
The first category is defined where the computer is the tool of the crime. This
category includes crimes that law enforcement has been fighting in the physical world
but now is seeing with increasing frequency on the Internet. Some of these crimes
include child pornography, criminal harassment, fraud, intellectual property violations
and the sale of illegal substances and goods.
The second category is defined where the computer is the object of the crime. Cybercrime
consists of specific crimes dealing with computers and networks. These are
new crimes that are specifically related to computer technology and the Internet. For
example, hacking or unauthorized use of computer systems, defacing websites,
creation and malicious dissemination of computer viruses. In addition to cyber-crime,
there is also “computer-supported crime” which covers the use of computers by
criminals for communication and document or data storage. This type of crime is not
included in the definition of cyber-crime used in this report.
The terms “computer crime”, “computer-related crime”, “high-tech crime”, “cybercrime”
and “Internet crime” are often used interchangeably when police and other
information sources are discussed.
Crimes committed primarily through Internet contact include: credit card fraud,
identity theft, child pornography, indecent chat-room behavior...Cyber crime is a term
used broadly to describe criminal activity in which computers or networks are a tool,
a target, or a place of criminal activity. Computer crime has been defined as ‘any
illegal act fostered or facilitated by a computer, whether the computer is an object of
a crime, an instrument used to commit a crime, or a repository of evidence related to
a crime’.
More and more criminals are exploiting the speed; convenience and anonymity that
modern technologies offer to commit a diverse range of crimes, including attacks
against computer data and systems, identity theft, the distribution of child sexual
abuse images, and Internet auction fraud. The global nature of the Internet allows
criminals to commit almost any illegal activity any wherein the world, which makes it
essential for all countries to adapt their domestic offline controls to cover crimes
carried out in cyberspace. It is a criminal activity committed on the internet.
attacks that cause electronic commerce sites to lose money.
The following working definition has increasingly been accepted by Canadian law
enforcement agencies: “a criminal offence involving a computer as the object of the
crime, or the tool used to commit a material component of the offence.
The first category is defined where the computer is the tool of the crime. This
category includes crimes that law enforcement has been fighting in the physical world
but now is seeing with increasing frequency on the Internet. Some of these crimes
include child pornography, criminal harassment, fraud, intellectual property violations
and the sale of illegal substances and goods.
consists of specific crimes dealing with computers and networks. These are
new crimes that are specifically related to computer technology and the Internet. For
example, hacking or unauthorized use of computer systems, defacing websites,
creation and malicious dissemination of computer viruses. In addition to cyber-crime,
there is also “computer-supported crime” which covers the use of computers by
criminals for communication and document or data storage. This type of crime is not
included in the definition of cyber-crime used in this report.
The terms “computer crime”, “computer-related crime”, “high-tech crime”, “cybercrime”
and “Internet crime” are often used interchangeably when police and other
information sources are discussed.
Crimes committed primarily through Internet contact include: credit card fraud,
identity theft, child pornography, indecent chat-room behavior...Cyber crime is a term
used broadly to describe criminal activity in which computers or networks are a tool,
a target, or a place of criminal activity. Computer crime has been defined as ‘any
illegal act fostered or facilitated by a computer, whether the computer is an object of
a crime, an instrument used to commit a crime, or a repository of evidence related to
a crime’.
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