Cybercrime
Cybercrime can be defined as criminal activity carried out using computers or computer networks (including the internet).
Examples of cybercrime:
| Cybercrime | Definition |
| Hacking | Unauthorised access to a computer or data held in a computer system. |
| Pornography | Using digital technologies to create, distribute or modify illegal pornography. |
| Cyberstalking | The repeated use of computer systems to harass or frighten someone, for example by posting threatening tweets. |
| Data theft | The illegal copying or taking of information from an individual or organisation. For example, an employee taking a copy of a contact list on memory stick when they leave an organisation. |
| Denial of service | An attack on a network designed to prevent the network from functioning. The attack involves flooding the network with useless traffic. |
| Digital forgery | Using digital technologies to forge, edit or copy existing files or documents. Examples include photographic identification, qualifications or computer software. |
| Cyberdefamation | Damaging the reputation of someone via digital media, usually through the internet. |
| Spamming | Sending the same electronic message indiscriminately to a large number of internet users. |
| Phishing | The illegal practise of sending emails pretending to be from reputable companies to gain personal information, for example passwords or bank details. |
| Cybercrime | Hacking |
|---|---|
| Definition | Unauthorised access to a computer or data held in a computer system. |
| Cybercrime | Pornography |
|---|---|
| Definition | Using digital technologies to create, distribute or modify illegal pornography. |
| Cybercrime | Cyberstalking |
|---|---|
| Definition | The repeated use of computer systems to harass or frighten someone, for example by posting threatening tweets. |
| Cybercrime | Data theft |
|---|---|
| Definition | The illegal copying or taking of information from an individual or organisation. For example, an employee taking a copy of a contact list on memory stick when they leave an organisation. |
| Cybercrime | Denial of service |
|---|---|
| Definition | An attack on a network designed to prevent the network from functioning. The attack involves flooding the network with useless traffic. |
| Cybercrime | Digital forgery |
|---|---|
| Definition | Using digital technologies to forge, edit or copy existing files or documents. Examples include photographic identification, qualifications or computer software. |
| Cybercrime | Cyberdefamation |
|---|---|
| Definition | Damaging the reputation of someone via digital media, usually through the internet. |
| Cybercrime | Spamming |
|---|---|
| Definition | Sending the same electronic message indiscriminately to a large number of internet users. |
| Cybercrime | Phishing |
|---|---|
| Definition | The illegal practise of sending emails pretending to be from reputable companies to gain personal information, for example passwords or bank details. |
