2.9 FRAUD, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, THEFT, and ATTACKS.


a) Computer fraud is the crime of obtaining money by deceiving (to trick) people through the use of                computers. There are many forms of computer frauds which include

• e-mail hoaxes (hoax- an attempt to make people believe something that is not true)
• program fraud
• investment schemes
• sales promotion
• claim of expertise on certain fields

b) Copyright infringement is defined as a violation (an action to break the law) of the rights secured by a copyright. Copyright is the legal right to be the only producer seller of a book, song and film. Infringement of copyright occurs when you break the copyright laws such as copying movies, software or CD's illegally - selling pirate software. Piracy is the crime of illegally copying and selling books, tapes, videos, computer programs.

c)Computer theft is the defined as the unauthorized used of another person's property. Example of computer thefts are

• transfer of payment to the wrong accounts
• get online materials with no cost
• tap (memasuki) into the data transmission lines

d)Computer attack is defined as any activities taken to disrupt (causing problems so that something cannot continue normally) the equipment of computers systems, change processing  controls and corrupt stored data. Corrupt - when data on a computer becomes corrupt, it is spoilt and cannot be properly used because it has become changed in wrong ways.

Computers attack can be in the forms of

• Physical attack that disrupt the computer facilities or transmission lines.
• An electronic attack that