Legal Aspects of Using Information Technology
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Legal Aspects of Using Information Technology The widespread use of information technology has brought us a number of benefits and problems, too. As information technology has spread, so have computer crime and abuse. For example, the internet is not only used by the innocent members of the public, but also by fraudulent traders, paedophiles, software pirates, hackers and terrorists. Their activities would include: placing computer viruses, software bootlegging, credit card fraud and money laundering schemes. Hackers A hacker is an individual who break codes and passwords to gain unauthorised access to data held on computer systems. When hackers gain unauthorised access to computer systems, they can do a huge amount of damage. Stand-alone computers are safe because, there is no connection for the hackers to break into. However, computers which are connected to networks or modems are at more risk from hacking. The only way of protecting the computer systems from being broken...

