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How the Computer Criminals Control Information: Typess of Computer Crime

protocols, and technolo- account number and pass- These computer crimes

gies word to view the contents illustrate the gray areas
* Associated with the of a database of computer abuse, areas
marketing and production * A customer gives her that fall increasingly on

of new technologies unlisted telephone number the shoulders of law en- F
* Pricing information, as part of a sales transac- forcement to address and O

marketing targets, product tion at a store. The store resolve. R
release dates, and produc- enters the number into a E
tion timetables computerized database International Issues: N

and later sells the data to S
Computer Crimes by a telemarketing firm with- Technological knowledge I

Malfeasance and expertise contribute C
to the growth of com-
The concept of com- puter crime on an inter- M

puter crimes by malfea- national level. E
sance means that com- T

puter-related behavior Businesses can make H
stretches the bounds great use of the O
of legality and may be D

viewed as only techni- * Unifying measures O
cally wrong. * Open communica- L

tions like the single, O
Some of the scenarios Photo Courtesy of google.com European-wide com- G
of malfeasance computer out the customer’s permis- munication protocol Y

crimes: sion * Strong profit-oriented
* A university computer EU market spanning 12

* A parent offers to copy programmer develops countries
a computer program for a a program to schedule * Open borders
school that cannot afford classes as part of a job * Unification of technol-

to buy the software assignment. The program- ogy standard
* An employee secretly mer then accepts a job * Easier banking

maintains a small database with another university * Monetary transfers be-
in an office computer as and leaves with a copy of tween countries
part of a sideline business the program for use at the

* An individual uses new place of employment Computer criminals are
someone else’s computer taking undue advantage

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