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प्रश्न
After practicals, Atharv left the computer laboratory but forgot to sign off from his email account. Later, his classmate Revaan started using the same computer. He is now logged in as Atharv. He sends inflammatory email messages to few of his classmates using Atharvs email account. Revaans activity is an example of which of the following cybercrime? Justify your answer.
पर्याय
Hacking
Identity theft
Cyber bullying
Plagiarism
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उत्तर
Identity theft
Explanation:
Getting another person's personal and financial information and using it to perpetrate fraud, including making unauthorised purchases or transactions, is the crime of identity theft.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Ms Raveena Sen is an IT expert and a freelancer. She recently used her skills to access the Admin password for the network server of Super Dooper Technology Ltd. and provided confidential data of the organization to its CEO, informing him about the vulnerability of their network security. Out of the following options (i) to (iv), which one most appropriately defines Ms Sen?
Justify the reason for your chosen option :
1) Hacker
2) Cracker
3) Operator
4) Network Admin
Out of the following, which all comes under cyber crime ?
1) Stealing away a brand new hard disk from a showroom
2) Getting in someone's social networking account without his consent and posting on his behalf
3) Secretly copying data from server of an organization and selling it to the other organization.
4) Looking at online activities of a friends blog.
Which of the following crime(s) is/are covered under cybercrime?
- Stealing a brand new hard disk from a shop.
- Get into an unknown person's social networking account and start messaging on his behalf.
- Copying some important data from a computer without taking permission from the owner of the data.
- Working on someone's computer with his/her permission.
Identify the type of cybercrime for the following situations: A person complains that his/her debit/credit card is safe with him still somebody has done a shopping/ATM transaction on this card.
______ is the crime of obtaining the personal or financial information of another person for the sole purpose of assuming that person's name or identity to make transactions or use it to post inappropriate remarks, comments, etc.
______ is a term used to describe the legal issues related to using of communications technology, particularly "cyberspace", i.e. the Internet.
Rishika found a crumpled paper under her desk. She picked it up and opened it. It contained some text which was struck off thrice. But she could still figure out easily that the struck-off text was the email ID and password of Garvit, her classmate. What is ethically correct for Rishika to do?
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| Plagiarism | Fakers, by offering special rewards or money prizes asked for personal information, such as bank account information. |
| Hacking | Copy and paste information from the Internet into your report and then organize it. |
| Credit card fraud | The trail is created when a person uses the Internet. |
| Digital Foot Print | Breaking into computers to read private emails and other files. |
How would you recognize if one of your friends is being cyberbullied?
Cite the online activities which would help you detect that your friend is being cyberbullied.
Cite examples depicting that you were a victim of the following cybercrime. Also, cite provisions in IT Act to deal with such a cybercrime.
Identity theft
