The First Cybercrime In The United States

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Since the first cybercrime in 1981, many other crimes over the internet have occurred. Every second, 12 adults become a victim of cybercrime, more than one million cybercrime victims each day globally, costing the global economy approximately $113 billion per year (“Symantec”). These crimes can be divided into three broad areas including attacks against computer hardware and software. For example, botnets, malware and network intrusion. Financial crimes, such as online fraud, penetration of online financial services. Finally abuse, especially of young people, in the form of bullying over social media (“Interpol”). Cybercrime is a problem in the United States and around the world that is ruining the lives of many people each day. Cybercrime …show more content…

Murphy hacked into AT&T’s computers and changer the internal clocks, which switched the usually nightly discounted prices to the normal day prices and vice versa. Murphy easily got into the computers of AT&T because there was little to no security. When asked about how his hacking career started at such a young age Ian Murphy …show more content…

Online security companies have been making their predictions for 2015, from the malware that will at get into attempt to get on our computers and smartphones. The more people on the internet, the more people that are vulnerable to cyber crime. Also, you may see more spam emails in your inbox in 2015, as the technology used to send them becomes more complicated. Email spam will be a very large part of the way hackers will get information from innocent people. Also, instead attempting to get a lot of middle class people’s information, they will attempt to attack bigger targets. There will be more of a thirst for money, and do not be surprised when banks are hacked and money is stolen. Another way hackers will get money from unsuspecting people is online purchases. In 2014 Apple introduced Apple Pay, a way to easily spend money on your phone or tablet, but also a way for hackers to steal money from you easily. A lot of these online payment systems have never been tested to see what type of hacking they can handle and have little security (The

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