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1. LESSON 9
The Disadvantages of ICT
• Cybercrimes

2. Cybercrimes
Cybercrimesareillegalacts
donethroughtheuseofthe
Internet.

3. In2012,Stephen Nale
(Complex.com)postedalistoften
mostcommonInternetcybercrimes
asfollows:

4. 1.Phishing/Spoofing–theactofsending
multipleemailstomultipleusersinhopesof
havinganumberofthemclickingonthe
linksormalwaresattachedtotheemail.
Mostemailservicestodayhavespamor
bulkfoldersthatautomaticallyputthese
suspiciousemailstothatfolder.However,this
isnot100%accuratethatsomeemailsarenot
filteredandsomeotheremailsthatare
legitimateenduponthespamfolder.

7. 2.Blackmail/Extortion–theactofusing
theInternettothreatenordamage
someone’sreputationtoextortmoneyor
anythingelseofvalue.Thiscanbeavoided
ifyouareawareofwhatyoushouldposton
theInternet.Thevictimsofthisacttendto
havepostedsomething“inappropriate”over
theInterneteveniftheyputitatasecured
location.

8. 3.AccessingStoredCommunications–
orHacking;theactofobtaining
unauthorizedaccesstodatafroma
computernetwork.Thisistypicallydoneto
commercialandgovernmentsitesto
threatenitsowner.Inlate2014,agroupof
hackershackedSony’swebsitebecauseof
theimpendingreleaseofthecontroversial
film“TheInterview.”

9. UK Phone Hacking
Scandal (2011)

10. UK Phone Hacking
Scandal (2011)

11. 4.SportsBetting–theactof
wageringonanysportsevent
overtheInternet.Insome
countries,gambling(including
sportsbetting)isillegalevenif
youaredoingitoverthe
Internet.

13. 5.Non-DeliveryofMerchandise
–theactofdevisingascheme
whereinaculpritpostsanitemor
serviceforsaleovertheInternet
andoncethetransactionshave
beendone,doesnotreallygive
theitemorservice.

16. 6.ElectronicHarassment–theactof
anonymouslyusingtheInternetto
harass,abuse,threaten,orannoyother
people.Thisisalsoanactof
cyberbullying,however,becausethe
culpritisanonymous,itishardtodetect
whoisbullyingyou.

17. Cyberbullying

19. 7.ChildPornography–theactofusingtheInternet
toshowchildpornography.Thisactishighly
punishablebylaw.

20. 8. Prostitution –the
act of using the
Internet to engage in
prostitution/sexual
acts.

21. 9.DrugTrafficking–theactofsellingillegalsubstances
usingtheInternet

22. 10.CriminalCopyrightInfringement–
theactofpiracymainlyforfinancialgain.
Inlate2014,thenumberonepirate
website,ThePirateBay,wasraidedforthe
secondtimeduetoyearsofpirating
movies,music,games,books,andother
software.Thesekindsofwebsitesearn
moneythroughadvertising.

24. Top Cybercrimes
1.Phishing/Spoofing
2.Blackmail/Extortion
3.Accessingstoredinformation/Hacking
4.Sportsbetting
5.Non-deliveryofmerchandise
6.Electronicharassment
7.Childpornography
8.Prostitution
9.Drugtrafficking
10.Criminalcopyrightinfringement