what is cyber-crime?Explained

what is cyber-crime?Explained

    Cyber-crimes 

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The Cambridge dictionary defines cyber crimes as crimes committed with the use of computers or related to computers, especially through the internet. Universally, cyber-crime is understood as “an unlawful act where in the computer is either a tool or a target or both”.

Cyber-crimes are different from conventional crimes as in cyber-crimes; the cyber crime is committed in an electronic medium.

Classification of cyber-crimes: -

The Information Technology Act deals with the following cyber-crimes along with others: -

1.Tampering with computer source       documents: -

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A person who knowingly or intentionally, conceals (hides or keeps secret), destroys (demolishes or reduces), alters (change in characteristics) or cause another to conceal, destroy, and after any computer source code used for a computer, computer program, computer system or computer network, when the computer source code is required to be kept or maintained by law in punishable. For instant, hiding the C.D.ROM in which the source code files are stored, making a C file into a CCP File or removing the read only attributes of a file.

2.Hacking: -

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Hacking is usually understood to be the unauthorized access of a computer system and networks. Whoever with the intent to cause or knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage to the public or any person destroys or deletes or alters any information residing in a computer resource or diminishes its value or utility or affects it injuriously by means is said to commit hacking.

3.Publishing of information, which       is obscene in electronic form: -

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A person who publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious, or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely to read, see hear the matter contained or embodied in it, is liable to punishment. (make generally known or issue copies for sale to public), or transmitting (transfer or be a medium for), or causing to be published (to produce the effect of publishing material in the electronic form.

4.Child pornography: -

Child pornography is apart of cyber pornography but it is such a grave offence that it is individually also recognized as a cyber-crime.

5.Accessing protected system: -

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Any authorized person who secures access or attempts to secure access to a protected system is liable to be punished with imprisonment and may also be liable to fine.

6.Breach of confidentiality and             privacy : -

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Any person who, secures access to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, documents, or other material without the consist of the person concerned or discloses such electronic records, book, register, correspondence, information, document, or other material to any other person shall be liable to be punished under the information Technology Act.

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what are cyber-crimes?Explained