Write 5 pages with APA style on Fighting Cyber-crimes. This is because:

Cybercrime is any illegal activity that is conducted through the use of computers, the internet and computer network. There are many kinds of cybercrimes that exist: internet fraud, computer hacking, spreading of malicious code or viruses, cyber piracy and many more. And new types of cybercrime keep on being introduced. (Yang, 2008, p. 32).

Bob Smith who was a residence of Oklahoma, observed that his credit card had been used by some criminal who did fraudulent purchases. Two accounts had been opened with his information in two different banks. The criminal further applied for a loan in Dallas to buy a car and he changed the address of Bob to some address in Dallas which was a fake address. This was an example of use of internet fraud which is a cybercrime. (Cross and Shinder, 2008, p. 4).

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Thus, it has become the most significant international challenge. So how are they fighting against cybercrime? This is the topic of discussion in this task.

Cybercrime is any illegal activity conducted through the use of computers, the internet, and computer network. Many kinds of cybercrimes exist: internet fraud, computer hacking, spreading of malicious code or viruses, cyberpiracy, and many more. And new types of cybercrime keep on being introduced. (Yang, 2008, p. 32).

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. There are many reasons why people commit cybercrime. some of which are as follows:

Intellectual: when hackers gain illegal access to information on a secured website or crack passwords.Emotional: when hackers take revenge from any employee of a company by giving threats through emails.Financial: when hackers gain money through internet fraud.Accessibility: when people download pirated software from the internet.

Hence, cybercrime is not an accidental approach. it is an intentional act to gain some or the other kind of benefit on the part of the person committing it. (Cross and Shinder, 2008, p. 29).

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. Bob Smith, a resident of Oklahoma, observed that his credit card had been used by some criminals who made fraudulent purchases. Two accounts had been opened with his information in two different banks. The criminal further applied for a loan in Dallas to buy a car, and he changed the address, Bob, to some address in Dallas, which was a fake address. This was an example of the use of internet fraud, which is cybercrime. (Cross and Shinder, 2008, p. 4).