TECHNOLOGY CRIMES

Computer and High Technology Crimes

Computer and High Technology Crimes

Crimes in the sphere of information technologies include both the spread of malicious viruses, hacking passwords, stolen numbers of credit cards and other bank details (phishing), and the spread of illegal information (libel, material of a pornographic nature, materials that incite ethnic and religious strife, etc.) through the Internet (Carr, 2009). In addition, one of the most dangerous and widespread crimes committed using the Internet, is a fraud. Investing money in foreign exchange markets using the Internet, for example, pose a risk to be involved in various fraud schemes. Another example of ...