Key terms: 1/11/10

1.) Computer crime: Any crime accomplished through knowledge or use of computer technology.

S/E: Privacy and Security: Your privacy and security has been hacked by hackers through either identity theft on the computer
AOI: Business: the hacker might use if for money purposes

2.) Identity theft: The crime, committed by hackers or other unscrupulous individuals, of obtaining enough information about a person to assume his or her identity, often as a prelude to illegally using the victim’s credit cards.

S/E: Privacy and Security: Your information is not protected
AOI: Business

3.) Spoofing: A process used to steal passwords online.

S/E: Privacy and Security: Your account is now hacked and now free of access to hackers
AOI: Business; maybe your account had to do with business purpose.

4.) Social engineering: Slang for the use of deception to get individuals to reveal sensitive information.

S/E: Privacy and Security: Your information is now to the public and no sense of privacy by the hackers.
AOI: Business