cybercrime

Table of Contents

Introduction
Defining cybercrime
Types of cybercrime
- Identity theft and invasion of privacy
- Internet fraud
- ATM fraud
- Wire fraud
- File sharing and piracy
- Counterfeiting and forgery
- Child pornography
- Hacking
- Computer viruses
- Denial of service attacks
- Spam, steganography, and e-mail hacking
- Sabotage

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Online scams have become a global problem • Mar. 7, 2025, 3:36 AM ET (Straits Times)

Call for special courts for women in cybercrime cases • Feb. 23, 2025, 2:29 AM ET (The Hindu)

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Also Known As	computer crime

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The FBI created a Cyber Most Wanted List in 2014 that grew to include 42 groups and individuals by 2018.
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Sterling, Bruce

Bruce Sterling

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