Cybercrime is a term used broadly to describe activity in which computers or computer networks are the tool, target, or place of criminal activity. These categories are not exclusive and many activities can be characterized as falling in one or more categories. Cybercrime takes a number of forms including identity theft, internet fraud, violation of copyright laws through file sharing, hacking, computer viruses, denial of service attacks, and spam. Many types of cybercrime are simply extensions of existing criminal activities, with the computer and internet severing them from the perpetrator’s geographical…
