B'lore: Webinar on Cyber Crimes on June 29
Bangalore, June 28: Cyber Crime is no longer happening only to people working with high technology. It has begun to affect ordinary people because 'electronic documents' are used in everyday life. The 'electronic documents' are part of devices such as computers, cell phones, and ATMs.
The broad definition of Cyber Crime relates to any violation of law in which an 'electronic document' is involved either as a tool or a target. The definition goes beyond the scope of the Information Technology Act 2000 which defines only some offences.
As a result of the broad definition, Cyber Crime is no longer limited only to Internet crimes. Any fraud in a bank running its business using computers is a Cyber Crime. Any credit card offence is a Cyber Crime since the credit card is swiped on an electronic device for a transaction and the information is processed in a computer in the background.
A common man is exposed to Cyber Crime:
- If he owns a computer.
- If he does not own a computer, but uses it at work.
- If he uses a computer in a cyber cafϿ
- If he pays his telephone bill through a kiosk or uses an ATM for bank transaction.
In 'visible cyber crime,' the offences relate to using virus to destroy computer data, defacing a Web page, circulating obscene photographs and videos on the Internet, and spreading false information through e-mail and SMS.
The 'hidden cyber crime' is more dangerous because offenders steal bank passwords and siphon off money, spy on Internet users, and defraud the users with false promises of jobs, prizes and wealth.
Even a person who has never used the Internet can become a victim of Cyber Crime. An example is that of a housewife who spends most of her time in the kitchen and who does not even know how to operate a computer. Suddenly, she starts getting phone calls at odd hours from strangers who proposition her. Someone has posted her name and telephone number on a website describing her as a sex worker.
Terrorists use the Internet for achieving their goals. Sometimes an innocent man may be unknowingly drawn into the terrorist network. For instance, he may receive the photograph of a beautiful woman from a stranger asking him to forward it to 21 friends and win a prize. The photograph might contain a hidden terrorist message.
The Information Technology Professionals' Forum-India (ITPF-India) has organized a web seminar on "Cyber Crimes in Every Day Life" to help fight cyber crime.
The webinar is scheduled for Friday, June 29 at 4 p.m.
The webinar is free and open to all interested people. Anyone can participate in the web seminar by registering their name at www.itpfindia.org or by clicking on the tab 'Webinar Registration' before 5pm , 28th June, 2007.
Participants can ask questions or share views expressed at the webinar.
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