Cybercrime
Cybercrime is a criminal activity that involves computers and the Internet. A cybercriminal may use online resources to obtain information about a person, as a medium to contact potential victims, gain access to systems, and/or damage data and bring down systems. The types of offenses will vary, but they will always involve technology and connectivity.
The targets of cybercrime may be computers or people. A cybercriminal may focus an attack on systems using viruses or other malicious code, which we’ll discuss in Chapter 8, or by directly hacking a system to gain unauthorized access. They
may also focus their attention on people to steal their identity, commit fraud, stalk, or bully them. It may also be a precursor for other offenses, where the crime is initiated online, but later violates or injures the person through later physical contact.