Crime....... Computer Crime

1. What is computer crime?

-------->  There are no precise, reliable statistics on the amount of computer crime and the economic loss to victims, partly because many of these crimes are apparently not detected by victims, many of these crimes are never reported to authorities, and partly because the losses are often difficult to calculate. Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Computer crime encompasses a broad range of potentially illegal activities, first crimes that target computer networks or devices directly; second crimes facilitated by computer networks or devices, the primary target of which is independent of the computer network or device.

 2. Give an example of a computer crime not stated in the Computer Ethics blog (http://cs192computerethics.blogspot.com/)

---------> Computer fraud describes a diverse class of electronic crimes that involve some form of electronic information theft and often monetary gains for the perpetrators. Common types of computer fraud include:

• altering or falsifying corporate computer records for personal gains;
• breaching a computer network (hacking) for sabotage or for obtaining sensitive information, such as passwords or data;
• eavesdropping on phone lines or network connections via computer programs in order to glean sensitive information; and
• offering bogus products or services over a public computer network such as the Internet.

3. What is stated in section 33a of Republic Act 8792

----------> It states that, hacking or crackling with refers to unauthorized access into or interference in a computer system/server or information and communication system; or any access in order to corrupt, alter, steal, or destroy using a computer or other similar information and communication devices, without the knowledge and consent of the owner of the computer or information and communications system, including the introduction of computer viruses and the like, resulting in the corruption, destruction, alteration, theft or loss of electronic data messages or electronic documents shall be punished by a minimum fine of One Hundred Thousand pesos (P 100,000.00) and a maximum commensurate to the damage incurred and a mandatory imprisonment of six (6) months to three (3) years.

 

4. In Visayas State University, there is an office that deals with protecting the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of those who publish their intellectual output works. What is this office that caters with IPR concerns? Who is the head of this office? 

--------------->ODREX Office.The Head is Dr. Othello Capuno.