Today Topic is about Cyber Crime and the punishment for Cyber Crime :

What is Cybercrime?

Online activities are just as vulnerable to crime and can compromise personal safety just as effectively as common everyday crimes. Lawmakers, law enforcement, and individuals need to know how to protect themselves and the persons for which they are responsible. You can see by the explanations of various cybercrimes below that the crimes have existed long before computers and the internet were made available to the general public. The only difference involves the tools used to commit the crime.

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The Different type of Cyber Crime :

Types of Cybercrime

Assault by Threat – threatening a person with fear for their lives or the lives of their families or persons whose safety they are responsible for (such as employees or communities) through the use of a computer network such as email, videos, or phones.

Child Pornography – the use of computer networks to create, distribute, or access materials that sexually exploit underage children.

Cyber Contraband – transferring illegal items through the internet (such as encryption technology) that is banned in some locations.

Cyberlaundering – electronic transfer of illegally-obtained monies with the goal of hiding its source and possibly its destination.

Cyberstalking – express or implied physical threats that creates fear through the use of computer technology such as email, phones, text messages, webcams, websites or videos.

Cyberterrorism – premeditated, usually politically-motivated violence committed against civilians through the use of, or with the help of, computer techology.

Cybertheft – using a computer to steal. This includes activities related to: breaking and entering, DNS cache poisoning, embezzlement and unlawful appropriation, espionage, identity theft, fraud, malicious hacking, plagiarism, and piracy.

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The Punishment for doing Cyber Crime :

Cybercrime must be dealt with very seriously because it causes a lot of damage to businesses and the actual punishment should depend on the type of fraud used.

The penalty for illegally accessing a computer system ranges from 6 months to 5 years. The penalty for the unofficial modification on a computer ranges from 5 to 10 years. Other penalties are listed below:

Telecommunication service theft: The theft of telecommunication services is a very common theft and is punished with a heavy fine and imprisonment.

Communications intercept crime: This is a Class-D crime which is followed by a severe punishment of 1 to 5 years of imprisonment with a fine. Other cyber crimes like telecommunication piracy, offensive material dissemination, and other cyber frauds also belong to this category.

Information Technology Act-2000: According to this act, different penalties are available for different crimes. Some of the penalties are as follows:

Computer source document tampering: The person who changes the source code on the website or any computer program will get a punishment up to 3 years of imprisonment or fine.

Computer hacking: The individual who hacks the computer or computer devices will get an imprisonment up to 3 years or a fine.

Government protected system: An act of trying to gain access to a system which is a protected system by the government, will result in imprisonment for 10 years and a heavy fine.

The introduction of such penalties have lead to a drastic reduction in the cyber crime rates as more and more criminals are becoming aware of the penalties related to them. Spreading the word about the penalties of cyber crime can serve as a deterrent against such crime.

Penalties relating to cyber crime will vary depending on the country and legislation in place.

So overall doing Cyber Crime is a WRONG THING !!! we should do CORRECT STUFF such as chating with friend and go watch movie with family or friend ......