Post on 12-Jan-2016
Cyber Safety Mrs. Stern
Computer Applications II
What is Computer Crime?
Criminals Can Operate Anonymously Over the Computer Networks.
Be careful about talking to "strangers" on a computer network.
Remember that people online may
not be who they seem at first.
Who are these people anyway?
Never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are:
Suggestive of something improper or indecent;
Obscene, filthy, or offensive to accepted standards of decency;
Belligerent, hostile, combative, very aggressive; and
Threaten to do harm or danger towards you or another
What should you do??Tell a grown-up right away
Do not give out any sensitive or personal information about you or your family in an Internet "chat room.“
Never arrange a face-to-face meeting without telling your parents or guardians.
What is a Hacker??
A hacker is someone who breaks into computers sometimes to read private e-mails and other
files.
What is your privacy worth?
What information about you or your parents do you think should be considered private?
medical information a diary your grades how much money your parents owe how much money your family has in a savings
account your letters to a friend.
How is this invasion of privacy different?
Than someone breaking into: your school locker
your house to get this information about you and your family?
Hackers Destroy "Property"
In the Form of Computer Files or Records
They delete or alter files.
How does it affect drug companies or local pharmacies?
What would happen if a hacker altered the chemical formulas for prescription drugs?
The flight patterns and other data in air traffic control computers?
Hackers Injure Computer Users
by Destroying Information Systems
Hackers cause victims:To spend time and money checking and
resecuring systems after break-in
Interrupt service
Steal telephone and computer time
Share unauthorized access codes and passwords
Who do you think pays for this?
$2 billion annually in telephone toll fraud alone.
Hackers are also responsible for:
Crashing computer systems causing them to malfunction and
not work
Computer “Pirates” Steal Intellectual Property
Intellectual property is the physical expression of ideas contained in:
BooksMusicPlaysMoviesComputer Software
What are Copyrights? The legal right of ownership to the work
produced in books, music, plays, movies, graphics/pictures and computer software.
A copyrighted work cannot be copied without the permission from the owner of the copyright (author, writer or publisher).
Originally, copyright meant simply “the right to make copies of a given work.” Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004)
Copyright violations civil and criminal remedies
Civil remedy: copyright holder can sue infringer for money to cover loss of sales or other loss caused by infringement.
Criminal remedy: jail or fine paid to the government (not copyright holder) where person infringes a copyright for commercial advantage or private gain. For example, a person who makes multiple copies of a video, and sell the copies.
How Can We Prevent Computer Crime?
Educating EveryoneUnderstand how technology can be used to
help or hurt others.what it would be like to be the victim of a
computer hacker or computer pirate.
How Can We Prevent Computer Crime? (cont)
Practicing Safe Computing
Who has or may have access to my log-in address?
Computer hackers and pirates who hurt others through computer technology
They are breaking the law.
Please go to the website below:http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm