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I am going discuss how computers have changed the IT industry and how computer crime began. I will also review the different types of crime, viruses, hacking and looking at what acts these criminals were prosecuted with.
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Table of Contents Page 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 The evolution of computers 3 2.1 Computer Crime 3 2.2 Hacking 4 2.3 Viruses 5 3.0 The Computer Misuse Act 1990 6 3.1 Unauthorized Access Offence 6 3.2 Ulterior Intent Offence 6 3.3 Unauthorized Modification Offence 6 4.0 Internet 7 4.1 Defamation 7 4.2 Internet Services 7 4.3 Young Hackers 7 4.4 Plagiarism 7 4.5 Shareware 8 4.6 Internet Service Providers 8 5.0 Data Protection Act 9 6.0 User awareness 10 7.0 Security 11 7.1 Policies 11 7.2 Prevention and Detection Software 11 7.3 Network Operating systems 12 8.0 Conclusion 13 9.0 References 14 10.0 Bibliography 15 1.0 Introduction of the chosen topic I am going discuss how computers have changed the IT industry and how computer crime began. I will also review the different types of crime, viruses, hacking and looking at what acts these criminals were prosecuted with. I will then discuss how and why the Computer misuse Act was considered and passed, what it was designed to protect against and talk about people who were committed of such crimes. Other points which I will evaluating are;> Hacking over the internet> computer misuse> User awareness> Security> Network operating systems I will only...
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