CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Internet Fraud, Financial Crimes, Tunxis Community College
8 Dec 2020
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Computer focuses: only can commit crimes due to existence of internet (hacking, viruses) Computer enabled: internet assists crimes which can be done with or without computers (fraud, theft) Internet changes quickly so laws can"t keep up. Victims don"t realise, embarrassment or don"t know who to report to. Aus. cybercrime survey 2015: 45% didn"t report (60% no benefit, 22% person wouldn"t get caught and 22% didn"t want negative reporting) Aus. cybercrime security centre: raise awareness of cyber security, nature and extent of cyber threats, encourage reporting, analyse cyber threats. Aus. cybercrime online reporting network: collate all data together. mill of self-reported financial loss by victims of cybercrime in aus. 2013: 5mill aus. victims of cybercrime in 12 months. 2014: 57% of aus. businesses (2nd most common economic crime) 2015: 50% businesses recorded at least one incident in 12 months and 5% reported more than 10 incidents. Dating and romance (number 1): m (41% lose money)
