Information crimes
It is an illegal behavior that occurs when electronic and smart devices and computers that rely on the Internet for their work are violated, so the criminal exploits the Internet to access personal information of individuals, as these means are considered one of the largest information banks for all people at this time, and many businesses And commercial deals are being implemented through the Internet and remotely. Therefore, awareness must be raised regarding all data and information attached to websites.
Cybercrime
crimes committed against individuals, groups or entire institutions; Using modern means of communication and using a computer, the primary goal of which is to blackmail or defame a person, and harm him; To obtain material compensation such as money or to achieve political goals, or to disclose security secrets that are specific to the institution.
Types of information crimes
There are many goals and motives for the criminal to commit information crimes. Of which:
Financial motive: The main goal is to obtain material returns. Whether it is money, money, or other work, and this motive is found in individual or collective crimes, depending on the target.
The motive of revenge: It is considered one of the most dangerous types. Because in this type, the criminal has dangerous information, which may belong to the institution or the individual.
Political motive: government institutions and sites are the party that is exposed to these crimes. By criminals opposed to international systems.
Entertainment motive: There is no specific goal for the criminal when he carries out piracy operations; It is for entertainment purpose only.
Mental motives: the criminal proves that he is able to challenge electronic and computerized systems.
Desire to learn: The criminal's goal is to learn and practice piracy. Through the process that he carries out, to gain experience in how to do penetrations and hacking operations.
Types of cybercrime
Cybercrime has many forms and types; Used by information hackers, or other people, we show the most important of them:
Crimes against individuals: called personal cybercrimes, which are crimes committed by a criminal to gain access to an individual's personal electronic identity; In illegal ways, through e-mail or password, which leads to impersonation, taking pictures and files; To threaten and endanger them, in order for individuals to comply with their orders.
Crimes against governments: the targets of these crimes are political targets, as the people who commit these crimes (pirates); by attacking and hacking the official websites of governments and their network systems; To work on completely destroying the infrastructure of these sites and their network systems.
Crimes against property: These crimes aim to sabotage and damage private programs and important documents of government and private personal institutions. By transmitting malware to these organizations, it is done in various ways such as emails.
Electronic political crimes: stealing state-specific security information held by military sites, and placing spyware on the site.
Information theft: distribution and dissemination of information that is stored electronically; through illegal ways.
Cyberterrorism: a group of cyberterrorists seeking access to blocked and encrypted websites; By hacking websites and vital systems.
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