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प्रश्न
After practicals, Atharv left the computer laboratory but forgot to sign off from his email account. Later, his classmate Revaan started using the same computer. He is now logged in as Atharv. He sends inflammatory email messages to few of his classmates using Atharvs email account. Revaans activity is an example of which of the following cybercrime? Justify your answer.
पर्याय
Hacking
Identity theft
Cyber bullying
Plagiarism
उत्तर
Identity theft
Explanation:
Getting another person's personal and financial information and using it to perpetrate fraud, including making unauthorised purchases or transactions, is the crime of identity theft.
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Ms Raveena Sen is an IT expert and a freelancer. She recently used her skills to access the Admin password for the network server of Super Dooper Technology Ltd. and provided confidential data of the organization to its CEO, informing him about the vulnerability of their network security. Out of the following options (i) to (iv), which one most appropriately defines Ms Sen?
Justify the reason for your chosen option :
1) Hacker
2) Cracker
3) Operator
4) Network Admin
In ethical hacking and cyber security, there are ______ types of scanning.
Which of the following crime(s) is/are covered under cybercrime?
- Stealing a brand new hard disk from a shop.
- Get into an unknown person's social networking account and start messaging on his behalf.
- Copying some important data from a computer without taking permission from the owner of the data.
- Working on someone's computer with his/her permission.
Which of the following is not a type of cybercrime?
______ is the crime of obtaining the personal or financial information of another person for the sole purpose of assuming that person's name or identity to make transactions or use it to post inappropriate remarks, comments, etc.
Rishika found a crumpled paper under her desk. She picked it up and opened it. It contained some text which was struck off thrice. But she could still figure out easily that the struck-off text was the email ID and password of Garvit, her classmate. What is ethically correct for Rishika to do?
The school offers a wireless facility (wifi) to the Computer Science students of Class XI. For communication, the network security staff of the school has a registered URL schoolwifi.edu. On 17 September 2017, the following email was mass distributed to all the Computer Science students of Class XI. The email claimed that the password of the students was about to expire. Instructions were given to go to the URL to renew their password within 24 hours.
Is email an example of cybercrime? If yes, then specify which type of cybercrime is it. Justify your answer.
Write the difference between the following -
Non-ethical hacking and Ethical hacking
Cite examples depicting that you were a victim of the following cybercrime. Also, cite provisions in IT Act to deal with such a cybercrime.
Credit card account theft
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- What is this happening to Nadar?
- What immediate action should she take to handle it?
- Is there any law in India to handle such issues? Discuss briefly.
