Something About Cyber Crime

Today we will briefly discuss cyber crimes, their causes, nature, types and effects. First of all, we will see what cyber crime means. If we discuss the crime, whatever is against the law, it is a crime, in the same way all the wrong acts done on computer, internet or network are known as cyber crime. Internet is growing rapidly worldwide. It has created new possibilities in every field, whether it is social media such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Orkut, which you all know, or entertainment, business, sports and education. But the coin has two aspects. Internet also has its own disadvantages and one of them is a huge loss cyber crime.

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Introduction

Since the 1980s, the development of information technology and electronic media has given rise to a new variety of computer -related crimes which are commonly called “cyber crime”. This has made this a global concern and challenge for law enforcement agencies in the new millennium due to the widespread growth of these crimes. Due to the different nature of these crimes, they can be done from far and inadvertently, even if they are intentionally or physically present. In addition, cyber criminals have a major advantage, they can harm using computer technology without being caught. These crimes include theft of communication services, electronic money laundering and tax evasion, terrorism and forced, telemarketing fraud and illegal telecommunications, money laundering, bank server hacking etc. activities.

For example:- Rs 2,50,000 was disappeared from the State Bank of India in India by copying computerized bank accounts.

Definition of cyber crime

The simplest definition of cyber crime is, any illegal work is considered a cyber crime using a computer network (especially internet). Some officials feel that “cyber crime” is a wrong word as the term is not defined anywhere in any law or Act made by Parliament. In a sense, it is no fundamentally different from the concept of traditional crime because the two involve such activities, whether it is work or omission, which violates the law and therefore, is punishable by the state. Cyber crime can be defined as any illegal offense in which the computer is used as a means of carrying out either a means, target or further crime. In other words, cyber crime is an illegal function where the computer is either a device or target or both. Cyber crime includes several criminal activities including computer data or action against privacy, integrity and availability of system, computer related crime, material related crime and crime related to copyright etc. The computer is defined as an object of crime or a tool for executing a crime. Cyber criminals can use computer technology to reach personal information, commercial trading secrets or use the Internet for exploitative purposes. Criminals can also use computers for communication and documents or data collection. These illegal activities are often known as hackers.

Nature of Cyber Crime

Cyber crime is known as a crime committed through the Internet all over the world. It is becoming a serious topic of concern around the world nowadays. Any work is not a crime until he was declared a crime by law. But most of the categories of cyber crime are still outside the purview of law. The nature of cyber crime is such that geographical and political boundaries become irrelevant. To be honest, cyber crime is international in nature and scope, which have different effects on various countries. Internationally, there is a shortage of anti -cyber crime standardized law. Cyber spaces and internets have developed as a preferred medium to perform various activities, as well as an easy and convenient way to commit cyber crime worldwide, which can only be detected with international cooperation of law enforcement agencies of different countries. Therefore, cyber crime around the world, especially cyber offenses, is the most important need to fight the inequality of laws, cyber offenses and criminals. The 12th United Nations Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress (Brazil) was held on April 12 and 19, 2010, in which there was a thorough discussion on measures adopted by criminals of cyber crimes by the widespread use of computer science and technology and prevention of these crimes.

Preventive legal measures against cyber crime

Laws are generally designed to meet the needs of society and therefore is a dynamic concept that varies with changing social needs. The development of modern information technology has enabled human society to make rich and tremendous progress, but at the same time has also created new problems for mankind, and cyber crime is one of these serious areas. The Indian Penal Code of 1860 was found inadequate to meet the needs of new crimes generated by the expansion of the Internet. Even some traditional crimes like conspiracies, securities, fraud, etc. are now being committed through the Internet, which requires a new law to stop them. In this background, the 2000 Information Technology Act was enacted for the prevention and control of cyber crimes in India.

Impact of cyber crimes

The expansion of the Internet and computer networks has given rise to a new type of crime all over the world, usually known as cyber crime. The most affected sectors due to the influence of these crimes are economy and security system, as terrorist activities of cyber fraud and radical terrorists are increasing rapidly, causing damage to the nation’s economy and threatening national security, destroying its internal and external peace. Violation of intellectual property rights of commercial houses, industries, banks and financial institutions etc. and confidential information and online leaks of business secrets are causing huge damage, which reaches millions of rupees.

Conclusion

Overview on the international legal approach to the prevention and control of cyber crimes makes it clear that all countries around the world are concerned with this growing threat. In the Indian context, although the Information Technology Act, 2000 has been designed as a comprehensive law to deal with cyber crimes, there is no purpose in many situations, given the international dimensions of these crimes and jurisdiction related problems as well as their cyber laws. The issue of electronic transactions and obligations for the work done in cyber space is still uncertain due to lack of adequate global cyber law.

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