This document defines and describes various types of cyber crimes. It explains hacking as illegal intrusion into a computer system without permission and notes related punishments under Indian law. Other cyber crimes discussed include virus dissemination, cyber stalking, software piracy, pornography, IRC crimes, credit card fraud, net extortion, phishing, spoofing, cyber defamation, and salami attacks. For each crime, it provides a definition and references the related section of the Indian Information Technology Act of 2000 specifying punishment.

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CYBER
CRIME

2. What is Cyber Crime?
 Use of a computer/internet to do something that
would be a crime in any case.
 Includes anything from downloading illegal music
files to stealing millions of dollars from online
bank accounts.
 Includes non-monetary offenses, such as creating
& distributing viruses on other computers or
posting confidential business information on the
Internet.
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3. Types Of Cyber Crime
Hacking
Denial Of Service Attack
Virus Dissemination
Cyber Stalking
Software Piracy
Pornography
IRC Crime
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4. CONTINUED……..
Credit Card Fraud
Net Extortion
Phishing
Spoofing
Cyber Defamation
Salami Attack
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5. HACKING
Hacking in simple terms means illegal intrusion into
a computer system without the permission of the
computer owner/user.
Section 66 of Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever
commits hacking shall be
punished with imprisonment
up to three years, or with fine
which may extend up to two
lakh rupees, or with both.
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6. VIRUS DISSEMINATION
Malicious software that attaches itself to
other software.. (virus,, worms,, Trojan Horse,,
Time bomb,, Logic Bomb,, Rabbit and
Bacterium are the malicious software's)
Section 66(c) Information Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits Virus Dissemination
shall be punished with imprisonment Up to 2 years
and/or with fine up to Rs. 5 lakh.
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7. Think before you
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8. CYBER STALKING
Defined as the repeated acts harassment or
threatening behavior of the cyber criminal towards the
victim by using internet services. The Criminal follows
the victim by sending emails,, entering the chat rooms
frequently..
Section 66 (h) Information Technology Act:
2000
Whoever commits Cyber Stalking shall
be punished with imprisonment Up to 2 years
and/or with fine up to Rs. 5 lakh
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9. SOFTWARE PIRACY
Theft of software through the illegal
copying of genuine programs or the
counterfeiting and distribution of products
intended to pass for the original..
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Section 66 (b) Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits
Software Piracy shall be punished
with imprisonment Up to 2 years
and/or with fine up to Rs. 5 lakh

10. PORNOGRAPHY
Internet is being highly used by its abusers to reach
and abuse children sexually, worldwide. The internet is
very fast becoming a household commodity in India . It is
explosion has made the children a viable victim to the
cyber crime.
Section 67(2) Information
Technology Act: 2000
Child pornography - 1st
conviction up to 3 years + fine up to
Rs. 10 Lakh; 2nd conviction or
subsequent conviction up to 7 years +
fine up to Rs. 10 Lakh.
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11. IRC CRIME
IRC servers have chat rooms in which people
from anywhere the world can come together and chat
with each other.
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Section 66 (g) Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits IRC
Crime shall be punished with
imprisonment Up to 2 years and/or
with fine up to Rs. 5 lakh.

12. CREDIT CARD FRAUD
The unauthorized and illegal use of a
credit card to purchase anything.
Section 66 (h) Information Technology Act:
2000
Whoever commits Credit Card Fraud
shall be punished with imprisonment Up
to 2 years and/or with fine up to Rs. 5
lakh.
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13. ATM machine as usual
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14. Is there an additional slot
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15. A monitor and pamphlet holder at the side...nothing
wrong
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16. False pamphlet box affixed to the ATM cubicle side
The micro
camera at
the side can
view the
KEYPAD and
also the
monitor to send
wireless picture
up to
200metres.
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17. NET EXTORTION
Copying the company's confidential data in order to
extort said company for huge amount..
Section 66 (h) Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits Net
Extortion shall be punished with
imprisonment Up to 3 years and/or
with a fine up to Rs. 2 Lakh.
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18. PHISHING
Technique of pulling out confidential
information from the bank/financial institutional
account holders by deceptive means.
Section 66(a) Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits
Phishing shall be punished with
imprisonment up to 3 Yrs + Rs. 2
Lakh as part of Section 66 Up to 2
years and/or with fine up to Rs. 5
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19. Actual login page
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20. Deceptive login page
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21. Spoofing
Getting one computer on a network to pretend to
have the identity off another computer,, usually one with
special access privileges ,, so as to obtain access to the
other computers on the network..
Section 66 (d) Information Technology Act:
2000
Whoever commits Spoofing shall be punished with
imprisonment up to 3 Yrs + 2 lakh as part of Section 66
Up to 2 years and/or with fine up to Rs. 5 lakh.
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22. CYBER DEFAMATION
The Criminal sends emails containing defamatory
matters to all concerned off the victim or post the
defamatory matters on a website..
Section 71 (1) Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits Cyber
Defamation shall be punished
with imprisonment up to 1 Yr. +
fine of Rs 1 lakh.
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23. SALAMI ATTACK
In such crime criminal makes insignificant changes
in such a manner that such changes would go unnoticed.
Section 69 Information
Technology Act: 2000
Whoever commits
Salami Attack shall be
punished with imprisonment
up to 7 years.
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