Cyber Crime: Categories, Offences, and Penalties
Cyber crime refers to criminal activities in the cyber space or through the internet, involving fraud, theft, hacking, and more. Learn about the categories of cyber crime, such as crimes against persons, property, government, and society. Explore the various offences and penalties associated with cyber crimes.
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MEANING Cyber crime refers to criminal activities done in the cyber space or through the medium of internet. It is an unlawful act where in computers are used as a tool or a target. It involves criminal activities like fraud, theft, forgery, mischief etc It has also given birth to many new series of crime like hacking, cracking, transmitting virus, carding, pornography etc.
CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIME Computer as a tool or weapon. Computer as a target . Sometimes as both.
Computers as a tool Using computers to commit real world crimes. Example: cyber terrorism, violation of rights, credit card frauds, electronic fund transfer fraud, pornography etc.
Computer as a target Using a computer to attack others computers. Cyber crime can also be divided into four categories as: 1. cyber crime against persons 2. cyber crime against property 3. cyber crime against government 4. cyber crime against society
1. Cyber crime against persons Harassment emails Cyber stalking-follow of e-movement Dissemination of obscene material-fake websites, harm Defamation lowering the dignity (hacking) Hacking destroy data E-mail spoofing-originates (misrepresenting) Carding Assault by threat-lives
2.Cyber crime against property Cyber vandalism-destroy Cyber squatting Transmitting virus-network Cyber trespass-access Internet time theft-Wifi
3.Cyber crime against Government Cyber terrorism-emails, networks Possession of unauthorized information- political, religious etc
4.Cyber crime against society Child pornography-exploit mentally Cyber trafficking drugs, arms, weapons etc Online gambling Financial crimes -mails Forgery -marks card
OFFENCES AND PENALITIES FOR OFFENCES
Tampering with computer(sec 65) Hacking (sec 66) Publishing of information in electronic form (sec 67) Failure to comply with the directions given by the controller (sec 68 and 69) Unauthorized access to protected system (sec 70) penalty for misrepresentation (sec 71) Penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy (sec 72)
Penalty for publishing false digital signature (sec 73) Penalty for fraudulent purposes(sec 74) Punishment for an offence committed outside India (sec 75) Confiscation (sec 76) Penalties and confiscation (sec 77) Power to investigate the offences (sec 78) Network service provider not liable in certain cases (sec 79)
