Computer as incidental to other crimes

• Involves crimes where computers are not really necessary for such crimes to be committed. Instead computers facilitate these crimes and make them difficult to detect.
• Examples of crimes in this category may include money laundering and unlawful activities on bulletin board systems.

Crimes associated with the prevalence of computers

• Includes crimes resulting from the popularity of computers
• Crime of this category are usually traditional in nature, but the targets are ever evolving
• Examples include copyright violations of computer programs, software and movie piracy, and black marketing of computer peripherals.

Computer as incidental to other crimes

• Involves crimes where computers are not really necessary for such crimes to be committed. Instead computers facilitate these crimes and make them difficult to detect.
• Examples of crimes in this category may include money laundering and unlawful activities on bulletin board systems.

Crimes associated with the prevalence of computers

• Includes crimes resulting from the popularity of computers
• Crime of this category are usually traditional in nature, but the targets are ever evolving
• Examples include copyright violations of computer programs, software and movie piracy, and black marketing of computer peripherals.

Please bear in mind that although computer crimes can be categorized, a single criminal transaction can result in multiple crime categories. Therefore, there can be an overlap between such classifications.

Motivation for Computer Crimes

• Grudge (against a company or an individual
• Political reasons (terrorist activities, info warfare)
• Financial reasons
• Business (competitive intelligence)
• Fun (script kiddies)

M -motive

O – opportunity

M – means

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