The Root Causes of Cybercrime

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The Root Causes of Cybercrime

11-11-2006, 11:18 AM,

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The Root Causes of Cybercrime

Quote:Painted in the broadest of strokes, cybercrime essentially is the leveraging of information systems and technology to commit larceny, extortion, identity theft, fraud, and, in some cases, corporate espionage. Who are the miscreants who commit these crimes, and what are their motivations? One might imagine they are not the same individuals committing crimes in the physical world...In this article we provide insight into the root causes of cybercrime, its participants and their motivations, and we identify some of the issues inherent in dealing with this crime wave.

full article: http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=433

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