Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,525,141,309 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

computer crime
(redirected from computer criminal)

    Also found in: Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.11 sec.
computer crime
n.
Criminal activity directly related to the use of computers, specifically illegal trespass into the computer system or database of another, manipulation or theft of stored or on-line data, or sabotage of equipment and data.
computer criminal n.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
No references found
 
Groups, such as the United Nations, the 08, the Council of Europe, the OECD, and Interpol, each have delineated confidentiality, integrity, and availability offenses as forming the minimum basis of proscribed computer criminal behavior.
Making Computer Crime Count by GOODMAN, MARC / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Only after the appearance of the movie Wargames in 1983, in which Matthew Broderick portrays a teenager with a modem who breaks into Defense Department computers and almost starts World War III, did the term come to mean someone who was a computer criminal.
CYBERPUNKS by Markoff, John / New York Times Upfront
In 1989, he helped to capture and convict the elusive computer criminal Kevin Mitnik.
ADVISORY/Expert Available to Comment On the "I Love You" Virus by Business Wire
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.