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.
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