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    Types of Crime that uses IT Systems as weapons?

    I'm writing a paper for class on the types of Crime that uses IT Systems as weapons. I was wondering what your guys thoughts were on this, how would you define the different types of crime that could use IT systems as weapons?

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    Really, pick your crime..... Other than physical..... Your imagination is the limit......
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    Good point well maybe I should ask on what type of crime that you guys experience the most? Since I know a lot of you work with computers and are computer security enthusiasts

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    Hi, phreeOn


    I have a few weeks to spare for this kind of stuff.....................please feel free to PM or e mail me.

    EDIT: sorry...........hit wrong button...I used to work for PW Coopers...out of the military....I have some ideas that might help?

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    Other than physical? So if I beat you to death with my keyboard, then what?

    On a more serious note, look into terrorists sending stegonagraphically encoded messages over public channells to spread news of thier plans. It happens, it gets the attention of Joe B Donuts, and it's not something most people are aware of. I think that would make for an interesting paper.
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    Worms and trojons are by far the most troublesome for us (Army). We have at least 500+ attempted attacks a day, and that is on a little training post (Ft. Lee).

    Getting Military servers to crash would be one crime I could think of... With the war going on crashing the systems that area operating across the pond would hurt a little bit...
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    OK a few more thoughts........

    I recommend that you look on the computer as the MO (modus operandi), that is, the methodology or way a criminal works. What I am saying is that the computer is a "medium", rather than a "weapon".

    Try doing a Google search for "Tempest" and "nonstop", "non-stop".............I am not being lazy, I have to be very careful of what I say Let's just say that will give you some info on the "Langley" side of things (MI5/MI6 over here, Mossad to the Israelis etc....)

    "Wardriving" could also be brought into the topic, perhaps?......insecure wireless networks.

    Otherwise:

    1. Personal fraud
    2. Corporate fraud
    3. Identity theft
    4. Industrial Espionage
    5. Espionage/Spying
    6. Drug trafficking
    7. Child Pornography
    8. Terrorism


    Those are the most obvious?

    Good luck, and, as already offered, please feel free to contact me personally and I will help you as best I can within the restraints placed on me by our Official Secrets Acts.......I have seen 2 guys get 11 years each recently, one on a site I was at at the time


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    I don't know if it's posted already but:

    - economical damage by DoS / DDos (Denial of Service / Distributed Denail of Service) for example smurf attacks.
    - email abuse: stalking, spam, email bombers, mail server DoS, ...

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    This probably falls under fraud, but this is becoming more and more common.

    Blackmail

    There are numberous threads already about this... but here are a couple of the more interesting.

    http://www.antionline.com/showthread...ight=blackmail

    http://www.antionline.com/showthread...ight=blackmail

    http://www.antionline.com/showthread...ight=blackmail

    http://www.antionline.com/showthread...ight=blackmail

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