Computer Crime

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Computer Crime

• Section 1

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Computer Crime

• Computers make activities easier
• including illegal activities
• New ways to commit old crimes
• Crimes against
• businesses - insiders and outsiders
• hackers, competitors, criminal gangs

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Crime

• Computers make the crimes
• easier to commit
• more devastating
• harder to detect
• doable from long distances

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Fraud and Embezzlement

• Embezzlement - fraudulent appropriation of
  property by a person to whom it has been
  entrusted
• Requires
• special knowledge
• special programming skill
• poor security

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Fraud and Embezzlement

• Aided by
• anonymity
• complexities of modern transactions increase the
  opportunities

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Defending Against Dishonest Employees

• Rotate responsibilities of employees with access
  to sensitive systems
• Unique ID and password
• Limit access to system
• Audit trails
• Screening and background checks of employees
• Good security policies

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Defending Against Fraud

• Immediate checks on legitimate cards
• Programs to detect unusual spending
• Holograms and photos on cards
• Magnetic or digital finger printing
• Physical hardware deterrents