BC cybercrime

using the Internet to repeatedly harass someone

malicious programmes written to damage computers

a trick involving getting someone's trust

Several game developers have waged a war against piracy. illegally copying and selling books, films, music etc

Kilku producentów gier wypowiedziało wojnę piractwu.

Each of us can be a victim of the identity theft on the internet. a crime involving illegally using someone else's personal information

Każdy z nas może być ofiarą kradzieży tożsamości w Internecie.

a programme that gathers information and sends it to a third

someone who tricks or cheats others out of money/assets

data espionage and data-theft, credit-card fraud and other information security breaches are ever more common on the Internet

Scams by cybercriminals include phishing schemes which use e-mails that direct victims to spoof merchant websites misleading them into providing personal information;

online auction and classified ad fraud, where Internet criminals post products they don’t have but charge the consumer’s credit card anyway and pocket the money;

and delivery fraud, where online criminals posing as legitimate delivery services offer reduced or free shipping labels for a fee.

hen the customer tries to ship a package using a phony label, the legitimate delivery service flags it and requests payment from the customer.

Criminals can trawl the web or other public databases for information about someone’s date of birth, social security number and address and then use that to apply for credit cards, running up huge bills.

Finally, more and more countries are now concerned about the threat of Cyber warfare. It is internet-based conflict involving politically motivated attacks on information and information systems.

These attacks can disable official websites and networks, disrupt or disable essential services, steal or alter classified data, and cripple financial systems – among many other possibilities.

computer hacking, downloading copyright material from the Internet, cyber-stalking and creating websites which incite hatred.

These attacks can disable official websites and networks, disrupt or disable essential services, steal or alter classified data, and cripple financial systems – among many other possibilities.

You are easily identified and the sites contain malware.

Hackers can easily access your personal information.

They are not safe.

You might be stalked.

They may find out.