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Cybercrimes, attacks & services
Cybercrimes
As mentioned before, cybercrime is a criminal activity that either uses or targets a computer, a computer network
or a networked device. However, those crimes differ based on the criminal's intentions as shown in figure 4.

Figure 4 Cyber-crimes types

Identity Theft and Invasion of Privacy is a crime in which the fraudster gets another person's financial or personal
data (i.e., name, birthdate, bank account numbers or credit card numbers) to impersonate him.
Internet Fraud is using the internet services or software online to defraud people; this includes other hacking
activities designed to trick people out of money.
ATM Fraud refers to fraud where the fraudster uses the ATM card of another person to immediately withdraw
funds from his account, with or without using his PIN.
Cyber Extortion involves the demand for money in return for stopping or remediating an attack.
Cyber Espionage refers to stealing intellectual property or classified, sensitive data to disrupt a government entity
or a competitive business.
Online Piracy is the illegal online sharing or distribution of data that are copyrighted. Piracy involves the
downloading and digitally deploying copyrighted materials without obtaining consent.

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