What Are The Most Popular Cyber Crimes?
Cybercrimes are a problem, yet they are not even among a top ten list of dangers which face the average individual. Except for the weakness of some Windows computers, the typical individual does not experience a significant problem with cybercrime. This article is my opinion and is not, legal advice. I'm a judgment broker, and not an attorney. When you ever need a strategy to use or legal advice, please contact an attorney.
According to a past report from the United States Department of Justice, the most popular (federally) charged cases that involve cybercrime include:
17 U.S.C. Section 506 (a) & 18 U.S.C. Section 2319: Unauthorized Recording of a Motion Picture (Using a camcorder).
17 U.S.C. Section 1201 (a)(1)(A), 1204(a): Commercial Theft of Trade Secrets.
18 U.S.C. Chapter 113 - Stolen Property.
18 U.S.C. Section 1030 (a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(5): Interstate Transportation, Receipt or Sale of Stolen Property.
18 U.S.C. Section 1341, 1343: Prohibition on Devices to Intercept Communications.
18 U.S.C. Section 1831: Unauthorized Access of a Computer.
18 U.S.C. Section 1832: Foreign Economic Espionage.
18 U.S.C. Section 2314, 2315: Mail and Wire Fraud Statutes.
18 U.S.C. Section 2318: Trafficking in Recordings of Live Musical Performances (Bootlegging).
18 U.S.C. Section 2319 A: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Anti-Circumvention). The DMCA is a United States copyright law that implements treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and distribution of devices, services, or technology, that circumvent things (Digital Rights Management or DRM) which control access to copyrighted works. It also criminalizes circumventing an access control, even when there's not any actual infringement of a copyright. In addition, the DMCA raised the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. The law was passed October 12, 1998, and then only weeks later, Title 17 of the United States Code was amended to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability for providers of online services for copyright infringement by their users.
18 U.S.C. Section 2319 B: Trafficking in Illicit Labels or Counterfeit Labels, Packaging Or Documentation for Copyrighted Works.
18 U.S.C. Section 2320 (a): Trafficking in Service Marks, or Certification Marks, Criminal Copyright Infringement (Felony & Misdemeanor).
18 U.S.C. Section 2512: Unauthorized Reception of Cable Service.
47 U.S.C. Section 553: Trafficking in Satellite Decryption Devices.
47 U.S.C. Section 605: Unauthorized publication or use of communications.
How accurate are cybercrime statistics? A problem is when laws get written like hammers, a lot of the world looks like a nail. As with many problems, cyber crimes and the damage from them, are often severely distorted and exaggerated. Placing every Windows computer in back of a cheap router would go far in helping general security on the internet.
The majority of those having computers that are getting compromised, do not even know about it, so those problems and crimes are not reported, yet a downloaded MP3 file is a crime that is occasionally reported and punished. Some cyber crimes are vastly under-reported, and some are wildly over-reported. This can mean that most news and statistics one cybercrime should be taken with a grain of salt. Why not put the PC in back of a router and keep your computer updated, and either buy a Macintosh, and/or install quality anti-virus and firewall software?
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