Cyber Crime and a Case Study
- 2. What is Cyber Crime? ❏ Cybercrime is criminal activity that either targets or uses a computer, a computer network or a networked device. ❏ Mostly cybercrime is committed by cyber criminals or hackers who want to make money.
- 3. History ❏ Surprisingly, the first recorded Cyber Crime took place in 1820. ❏ The first spam email took place on May 3rd, 1978, sent out to 400 out of 2600 people on ARPAnet. ❏ The first ever computer virus, named Elk Cloner, was written in 1982 by a 15 year old Rich Skrenta, designed to infect Apple II computers.
- 4. Categorization of Cyber Crimes 1. The Computer as a Target 1. The Computer as a Weapon
- 5. Types of Cyber Crime 1. Hacking 2. Denial of Service Attack 3. Virus Dissemination 4. Computer Vandalism 5. Cyber Terrorism 6. Software Piracy
- 6. Case Study on Cyber Crime: Capital One Data Breach In 2019 happened one of the biggest data breaches ever. A hacker gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers' accounts and credit card applications.
- 7. Case Study on Cyber Crime: Capital One Data Breach Paige Thompson is accused of breaking into a Capital One server and gaining access to 140,000 Social Security numbers, 1 million Canadian Social Insurance numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers, in addition to an undisclosed number of people's names, addresses, credit scores, credit limits, balances, and other information, according to the bank and the US Department of Justice.
- 8. Case Study on Cyber Crime: Capital One Data Breach Thompson tried to share the information with others online. The 33- year-old had previously worked as a tech company software engineer for Amazon Web Services, the cloud hosting company that Capital One was using. She was able to gain access by exploiting a misconfigured web application firewall.
- 9. Case Study on Cyber Crime: Capital One Data Breach The breach affected around 100 million people in the United States and about 6 million people in Canada, according to Capital One. According to the Company, no credit card account numbers or log- in credentials were compromised and over 99% of Social Security numbers were not compromised.
- 10. Safety Tips for Cyber Crime 1. Use trusted AntiVirus software 2. Insert Firewalls 3. Use strong passwords 4. Keep your software updated 5. Protect your Wifi 6. Never disclose your account or any personal details to someone on the internet or on the phone 7. Never send credit/debit card details on any untrusted site
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