Cyber Crime

Cyber crime is a term that refers to the activities of crime with a computer or computer network becomes a tool, target or scene of the crime. Included in cybercrimes include online auction fraud, check forgery, credit card fraud / carding, confidence fraud, identity fraud, child pornography, etc..
Although cyber crime or cybercrime generally refers to criminal activity with a computer or computer network as its main element, the term is also used for traditional criminal activity where computers or computer networks are used to facilitate or enable the crime occurred.
Examples of cyber crime where the computer as a tool is spamming and crimes against copyright and intellectual property. Examples of cyber crime where the computer as the target is illegal access (to fool access control), malware and DoS attacks. Examples of cyber crime as a place where the computer is identity fraud. While examples of traditional crimes with a computer as a tool is child pornography and online gambling.
Information and communication technology combined with the Internet has opened up the possibility of the emergence of activity in all fields and categories. Nevertheless, it has not been matched by the readiness of the legal world and a tool perlengakapannya. Cyber crime is not a simple crime, because the proof is difficult and often faced with the absence of clear rules and firm. Not seldom the culprit managed to commit fraud to hundreds of thousands of dollars and other losses on a computer data network system, was only sentenced to one or two years in prison.

Someone who commit crimes of this type often do not have a motive to profit economically. Other elements such as challenges, personal enjoyment (joycomputing), even proving the technical skill involved in it often. In the Introduction to Data Security and Control, Edward R. Buck gives certain characteristics of people who have a strong tendency to make cyber crime, namely:
- enjoys a challenge;
- age between 18 to 46 years;
- energetic;
- friendly; and
- intelligent.
Cyber crime community in a global community of Internet users is a matter that can be consciously or unconsciously, intentionally or unintentionally made. This happens because the technological development of information and level of intellect / intelligence community is increasing. Factor of the Internet itself also creates virtual rumors on Internet users to keep and keep searching and trying.

Misuse of computers both as subject, object, tool or as a symbol would have become a scourge of its own for traffic safety relationship between users of Internet services. Among the various forms of cyber crime of the most troubling is the manipulation of the computer community as part of computer-related economic crimes, and to copy and sell copies of unauthorized computer software.

In the end that is needed is increased cyber security factors that can come from service providers and information, and above all must come from the readiness of law and enforcement.
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