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n. - Illegal act committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs.

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  • If mushrooming PC cybercrime is any indicator, the latter is more likely.
  • I keep waiting for really solid evidence that cybercrime is as pervasive as it seems to be.
  • Meanwhile the EU are concentrating on introducing more laws to produce a uniform approach to combatting "cybercrime".
  • Went to NC System Administrators for a fascinating talk from two FBI Special Agents in the "cybercrime" unit about what they do.
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