Computer Crime & e-Crime
Computer crime, cybercrime,
e-crime, hi-tech crime or electronic crime generally
referrers to criminal activity where a computer or
network is the tool, target, or place of a crime. These
categories are not exclusive and many activities can be
characterized as falling in one or more category.
Although the terms computer crime or cybercrime are more properly restricted to describing
criminal activity in which the computer or network is a
necessary part of the crime, these terms are also
sometimes used to include traditional crimes, such as
fraud, theft, blackmail, forgery, and embezzlement, in
which computers or networks are used to facilitate the
illicit activity.
Computer crime can broadly be defined as criminal
activity involving an information technology
infrastructure, including illegal access (unauthorized
access), illegal interception (by technical means of
non-public transmissions of computer data to, from or
within a computer system), data interference
(unauthorized damaging, deletion, deterioration,
alteration or suppression of computer data), systems
interference (interfering with the functioning of a
computer system by inputting, transmitting, damaging,
deleting, deteriorating, altering or suppressing
computer data), misuse of devices, forgery (ID theft),
and electronic fraud.
BURTON DIGITAL have extensive
experience in assisting clients that have been charged
with offences under he 'Computer Misuse Act 1990'.
Our unique laboratory facilities means we can use our
in-house forensic analysts to study the evidence and
provide support to the defence case preperations. |
