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  • 1Computer crime — Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.[1] The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target.[2] Netcrime refers to criminal exploitation of the Internet.[3]… …

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  • 2Computer Misuse Act 1990 — United Kingdom Parliament Long title An Act to make provision for securing computer material against unauthorised access or modification; and for connected purposes. Statute book …

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  • 3Extortion — Exact redirects here. For the exact sciences, see Exact science. Extort redirects here. For the album by KMFDM, see XTORT …

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  • 4Computer worm — Morris Worm source code disk at the Computer History Museum …

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  • 5Organized crime — Crime syndicate redirects here. For the DC Comics group of villains, see Crime Syndicate. For other uses, see Organized crime (disambiguation). Al Capone, a name often associated with organized crime …

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  • 6Joran van der Sloot — Aruba Police Department photograph of Van der Sloot, 2005 …

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  • 7Ransomware (malware) — For other uses, see Ransomware (disambiguation). Ransomware is computer malware which holds a computer system, or the data it contains, hostage against its user by demanding a ransom for its restoration. Operation Ransomware typically propagates… …

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  • 8Malware — Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming (code, scripts, active content, and other software) designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, gain unauthorized access… …

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  • 9Tesco bomb campaign — Date August 2000 – February 2001 Location Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom First reporter Bournemout …

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  • 10List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… …

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