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The year ended reported a significant increase in criminal activities in the network of networks. Since the explosion of viruses such as Sobig and Blaster, to the growth of child pornography sites or international terrorism, the Internet has become an ideal space for illegal operations.

One of the characteristics of the Wold Wide Web (www) is the anonymity or the ability to disguise the origin of their activities. While police organizations around the world almost created specialized bodies to combat crime in the network, hackers and crackers are constantly looking for ways to not disclose their operating point.

According to experts, crime in the network could be divided into three groups. First, the hackers rebel attack aimed at large companies or government entities for ideological purposes. For example, the famous Blaster virus, which affected over 800 000 computers worldwide, included a message by calling Bill Gates to stop hoarding money and fix your software.

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All crimes can now be IT-related. Cyber crime can thus be anything from financial crimes to hacking, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and online trading of illegal services and products such as pimping and drugs

IT-related crime can occur both on the Internet and in traditional physical environments.

For hacking the penalty is a fine or imprisonment up to two years. For computer fraud is the same sentence unless the crime is considered to be serious. For serious computer fraud penalty is less than six months to six years in prison. Read the rest of this entry »