Yes, an email is an example of Cyber Crime. It is a type of email spoofing, here In a spoofing attack, a hacker or malicious individual impersonates another user or device on a network, duping users or systems into believing they are legitimate or authentic.
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The school offers a wireless facility (wifi) to the Computer Science students of Class XI. For communication, the network security staff of the school has a registered URL schoolwifi.edu. On 17 September 2017, the following email was mass distributed to all the Computer Science students of Class XI. The email claimed that the password of the students was about to expire. Instructions were given to go to the URL to renew their password within 24 hours.
Is email an example of cybercrime? If yes, then specify which type of cybercrime is it. Justify your answer.
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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.
A research student is expected to write a thesis on a topic. The student browses the Internet for the topic and luckily finds it on the Internet. He copies and submits the entire thesis as his own research work. Which of the following activities appropriately categorizes the act of the writer?
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- 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.
The primary law in India dealing with cybercrime and electronic commerce is ______
______ 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.
Which kind of offense out of the following is made by the student who copies someone else's work?
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The school offers a wireless facility (wifi) to the Computer Science students of Class XI. For communication, the network security staff of the school has a registered URL schoolwifi.edu. On 17 September 2017, the following email was mass distributed to all the Computer Science students of Class XI. The email claimed that the password of the students was about to expire. Instructions were given to go to the URL to renew their password within 24 hours.
What will happen if the student will click on the given URL?
Cite examples depicting that you were a victim of the following cybercrime. Also, cite provisions in IT Act to deal with such a cybercrime.
Credit card account theft
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Nadar has recently shifted to a new city and school. She does not know many people in her new city and school. But all of a sudden, someone is posting negative, demeaning comments on her social networking profile, etc. She is also getting repeated mails from unknown people. Every time she goes online, she finds someone chasing her online. |
- What is this happening to Nadar?
- What immediate action should she take to handle it?
- Is there any law in India to handle such issues? Discuss briefly.
