What is Cyber Crime and What are the types?

Cyber crime refers to all the activities done with criminal intent in cyberspace or using the medium of Internet. These could be either the criminal activities in the conventional sense or activities, newly evolved with the growth of the new medium. Any activity, which basically offends human sensibilities, can be included in the ambit of Cyber crimes.

Because of the anonymous nature of Internet , it is possible to engage in a variety of criminal activities with impunity, and people with intelligence, have been grossly misusing this aspect of the Internet to commit criminal activities in Cyberspace.

The field of the Cyber crime is just emerging and new forms of criminal activities in Cyberspace are coming to the forefront each day. For example, child pornography on Internet constitutes on serious cyber crime. Similarly, online pedophiles, using Internet to minor children into sex, are as much cyber criminals as any others.

There are basically Three major categories of Cyber crimes which are:

1. Cyber Crimes against persons: Cyber crimes committed against persons include various crimes like transmission of child-pornography, harassment of any one with the use of a computer and cyber stalking. The trafficking, distribution, posting, and dissemination of obscene material including pornography, indecent exposure, and child pornography, constitutes on of the most important cyber crimes today. Similarly, Cyber harassment is a distinct cyber crime. Various kind s of harassment's can and do occur in cyberspace, or through the use of cyberspace. Harassment can be sexual, racial, religious or of any other nature.
2. Cyber crime against property: The second category of Cyber crimes is Cyber crimes against all forms of property. These crimes include unauthorized computer trespassing through cyberspace, computer vandalism, transmission of harmful programs and unauthorized possession of computerized information.
3. Cyber crimes against Government: Third category of Cyber crimes is Cyber crimes against Government. Cyber Terrorism is one distinct kind of crime in this category. The growth of Internet has shown that the medium of cyberspace is being used by individuals and groups of threaten international governments as also to terrorize the citizens of a country. This crime manifests itself into Cyber Terrorism when and individual "cracks" into a government or military maintained website, for the purpose of perpetuating terror.

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