Laws Must Be Passed To Address The Increase In The Number And Types Of Computer Crimes

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is tempting to liken computer criminals to other criminals, ascribing
characteristics somehow different from

'normal' individuals, but that is not the case."(Sharp, 18:3) It is
believed that the computer criminal "often marches to the same drum as the
potential victim but follows and unanticipated path."(Blumenthal, 1:2)
There is no actual profile of a computer criminal because they range from
young teens to elders, from black to white, from short to tall.

Definitions of computer crime has changed over the years as the users and
misusers of computers have expanded into new areas. "When computers were
first introduced into businesses, computer crime was defined simply as a
form of white-collar crime committed inside a computer system."(2600:Summer
92,p.13)

Some new terms have been added to the computer criminal vocabulary. "Trojan
Horse is a hidden code put into a computer program. Logic bombs are
implanted so that the perpetrator doesn't have to physically present
himself or ...

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has grown into a gigantic industry. "It
accounted for $33 billion in services in 1983, and in 1988 it was accounted
to be $88 billion." (Blumenthal, B 1:2)

All this information is vulnerable to greedy employees, nosy-teenagers and
general carelessness, yet no one knows whether the sea of computer crimes
is "only as big as the Gulf of Mexico or as huge as the North Atlantic."
(Blumenthal,B 1:2) Vulnerability is likely to increase in the future. And
by the turn of the century, "nearly all of the software to run computers
will be bought from vendors rather than developed in houses, standardized
software will make theft easier." (Carley, A 1:1)

A two-year secret service ...

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