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Computer Crimes

Computer Crimes. Yessenia Rico Amy Cahill Greta Leos Jacob Cordova. Computer Crime. Computer crimes encompass unauthorized or illegal activities perpetrated via computer as well as the theft of computers and other technological hardware. Popular Computer Crimes Identity Theft Spam Fraud

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Computer Crimes

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  1. Computer Crimes Yessenia Rico Amy Cahill Greta Leos Jacob Cordova

  2. Computer Crime Computer crimes encompass unauthorized or illegal activities perpetrated via computer as well as the theft of computers and other technological hardware.

  3. Popular Computer Crimes Identity Theft Spam Fraud Craig's List MySpace Pedophiles

  4. Identity Theft • Involves a person that is pretending to be someone else in order to steal information, money, or anything that they could want from that individual • Statistics • 2007-446 data breach incidents • 2008 First 9 months-516 data breach incidents • 80% of these incidents are related to or involve digital records • Two-thirds of identity theft begins with email solicitations

  5. Spam • Spamming is the sending of unsolicitated electronic messages • Most spam mail originates from advertisers looking to push their products further • Spamming contributes to other problems also • Identity theft • Viruses

  6. Myspace • Myspace is a computer crime because you can give false identity. Myspace can also generates controversy ranging from rape and murder to child predators and drug dealers. • Myspaceis positive in ways as in you can chat with family, Friends who have move away.

  7. Pedophilia As a medical diagnosis, it is defined as a psychological disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a sexual preference for prepubescent children. The Internet Allows Pedophiles:   Instant access to other predators worldwide;  Open discussion of their sexual desires;  Shared ideas about ways to lure victims;  Mutual support of their adult-child sex philosophies;  Instant access to potential child victims worldwide;  Disguised identities for approaching children, even      to the point of presenting as a member of teen groups;  Ready access to "teen chat rooms" to find out how and who      to target as potential victims;  Means to identify and track down home contact information;  Ability to build a long-term "Internet" relationship      with a potential victim, prior to attempting to engage      the child in physical contact.

  8. HOW TO AVOID COMPUTER CRIMES!!! Passwords Select a GOOD password, try to mix up a combination of characters in a password of only 1,2,3, or 4 characters. Avoid obvious passwords…example (your name, date of birth, and your nickname). Personal Information Don’t give out banking account information unless you know it’s a secured site!! Never give out your Social Security Number. Make sure to logout of everything after your done using your computer, that way if someone else uses it they can’t get a hold of your personal info.

  9. HOW TO AVOID COMPUTER CRIMES!!! • Anti-Virus Protection • Don’t bring disks in from outside sources. • Scan demo disks and downloaded files for viruses.

  10. Computer Crimes Happen There is an unfortunate percent that will be victims but you can prevent it from happening by being aware of your actions on the internet.

  11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia http://www.mental-health-matters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=519 http://crime.about.com/od/sex/p/pedophile.htm http://www.csbsju.edu/uspp/CrimPsych/CPSG-6.htm http://www.totalbankruptcy.com/

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