Computer crime also known as cyber crime is an act commonly performed by a knowledgeable computer user, sometimes referred as a hacker that illegally browses or steals a company's or individual's private information. In some cases, this person or group of individuals may be malicious and destroy or otherwise corrupt the computer or data files.
Example of computer crimes are
Child pornography - Making or distributing child pornography.
Cyber terrorism - Hacking, threats, and blackmailing towards a business or person.
Cyberbully or Cyberstalking - Harassing others online.
Creating Malware - Writing, creating, or distributing malware (e.g. viruses and spyware.)
Denial of Service attack - Overloading a system with so many requests it cannot serve normal requests.
Espionage - Spying on a person or business.
Fraud - Manipulating data, e.g. changing banking records to transfer money to an account.
Harvesting - Collect account or other account related information on other people.
Identity theft - Pretending to be someone you are not.
Intellectual property theft - Stealing another persons or companies intellectual property.
Phishing - Deceiving individuals to gain private or personal information about that person.
Salami slicing - Stealing tiny amounts of money from each transactions
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