Exam 9: Crimes in the Cyber System

Interference with an individual's access to their technology because of cyber offending can cause physical and social consequences for the victim.

A survey by the Ponemon Institute found that the cost of cyber offending was highest in which industries?

What role is the computer playing if it is hacked?

Compare the motives of hackers versus crackers.

If an offender remotely accesses the control systems of an infant formula manufacturer and changes the ingredients with a deadly result, what type of crime has been committed?

If someone failed to pay for an item "bought" on eBay, what type of crime would they be committing?

What issue arises in regards to preventing computer crimes?

What is usually stolen during theft as a computer crime?

Which of the following cannot be considered a type of software crime?

Efforts to punish cybercriminals to prevent them from committing crimes is what type of strategy?

Over one-third of companies surveyed in a study on cybercrime attributed some of their cyberattacks to whom?

Hospitals are particularly vulnerable to what type of cyberattack?

How do victim characteristics inhibit law enforcement response to computer crimes?

Describe three characteristics of cybergangs.

Which of the following is an employee-based strategy employers use to protect their businesses from computer crime in the workplace?

The topology of cybercriminals suggests that they may work alone, with a group of associates, or within a network.

Overpayment fraud is considered theft as a computer crime.

Opportunity explanations for computer crimes focus on the ease with which offenses are committed.

Describe internet piracy.

Which explanation for computer crime focuses on the degree of knowledge offenders typically have about computers?