LESSON 15 raided for the second time due to years of pirating movies, music,

games, books, and other software. These kinds of websites earn money
THE DISADVANTAGES OF ICT through advertising.

The Internet is the present and the future of your generation and you define
Cybercrimes are illegal acts done through the use of the Internet. In 2012,
what impact it can do to shape our society, whether it is negative or positive.
Stephen Nale (Complex.com) posted a list of the ten most common Internet
The future is in your hands.
cybercrimes as follows:
1. Phishing/Spoofing – the act of sending multiple emails to multiple users in
Combatting Cybercrimes
hopes of having a number of them clicking on the links or malwares
There are several ways the authorities can help solve or prevent cybercrimes.
attached to email. Most email services today have spam or bulk folders
Here are one of them:
that automatically put these suspicious emails to that folder. However,
1. Network Security. Before a hacker can get through the unauthorized
this is not 100% accurate that some emails are not filtered and some
files he or she targeting, the hacker has to get through several
other emails that are legitimate end up on the spam folder.
security measures like firewalls, secure connections, passwords, anti-
2. Blackmail/Extortion- the act of using the Internet to threaten or damage
malwares, and data encryptions. Encryptions is the process of
someone’s reputation to extort money or anything else of value, This can
converting raw data into code. However, these methods are not
be avoided if you are aware of what you should post on the Internet. The
100% secure and there will always be a way for a hacker to hack.
victims of this act tend to have posted something “inappropriate” over
2. Investigation. URL tracing and logging are used by websites to track
the Internet even if they put it at a secured location.
your unique IP addresses. This can be used by investigators to trace
3. Accessing Stored Communication – or hacking; the act of obtaining
hackers. In piracy, trackers are used to identify IP addresses currently
unauthorized access to data from a computer network. This is typically
sharing a pirated file.
done to commercial and government sites to threaten its owner. In late
3. Penalties. More and more laws are being created and implemented
2014, a group of hackers hacked Sony’s website because of the
today. Penalties include both a fine and imprisonment.
impending release of the controversial film “The Interview”.
4. Sports Betting – the act of wagering on any sports event over the internet.
In some countries, gambling (including sports betting) is illegal even if you
are doing it over the Internet.
5. Non-Delivery of Merchandise- the act of devising a scheme wherein a
culprit posts an item or service for sale on the Internet and once the
transactions have been done, does not really give the item or service.
6. Electronic Harassment – the act of anonymously using the Internet to
harass, abuse, threaten, or annoy other people. This is also an act of
cyberbullying, however, because the culprit is anonymous, it is hard to
detect who is bullying you.
7. Child Pornography- the act of using the Internet to show child
pornography. This act is highly punishable by law.
8. Prostitution- the act of using the Internet to engage in prostitution.
9. Drug Trafficking- the act of selling illegal substances using the Internet
10. Criminal Copyright Infringement- the act of piracy mainly for financial
gain. In late 2014, the number one pirate website, ThePirateBay, was

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