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According to the Computer Misuse Act(1990) ...
The following are offences ...
- manipulation of financial software - eg making payments
to a fictitious person.
- illegally obtaining credit card numbers and using them to
make payments for goods.
- manipulating stored personal data - eg removing a
criminal record.
- data sabotage - hacking into a rival company's data and
deleting or altering it.
- developing viruses.
- obtaining personal data to be used for blackmail.
- using computer time to carry out unauthorised work eg using a company's
computer to do a friend's payroll
Banks and businesses are unwilling to admit to computer crimes
as it may destroy customer confidence.
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