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pure computer crime [1 record]

Record 1 2014-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • IT Security
DEF

... any criminal act where a computer and/or its contents are the object of the crime.

CONT

[Some] examples of pure computer crimes [are]: defacing websites[;] hacking or unauthorized use of computer systems[;] offences directed at electronic networks (denial of service attacks)[; and] creation and malicious dissemination of computer viruses[.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

[...] tout acte criminel pour lequel un ordinateur ou son contenu a été utilisé.

Spanish

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