7. Corporate Espionage - It means theft of trade secrets through illegal mean
s such as wire taps or illegal intrusions.

8. Money Laundering -

It means moving of illegally acquired cash through financial and other
systems so that it appears to be legally acquired. eg. Transport cash to a country having less
stringent banking regulations and move it back by way of loans the interest of which can re
deducted from his taxes. This is possible prior to computer and internet technology, electronic
transfers have made it easier and more successful.

9. Embezzlement -

Unlawful misappropriation of money, property or an y other thing of value
that has been entrusted to the offender’s care, custody or control is called embezzlement. Internet
facilities are misused to commit this crime.

10. Password Sniffers -

Password sniffers are programmes that monitor and record the name and
password of network users as they log in, jeopardizing security at a site. Whoever installs the
sniffer can impersonate an authorized user and login to access on restricted documents.

11. Spoofing -

It is the act of disguising one computer to electro
nically “look” like another compute, in order to gain access to a system that w
ould be normally is restricted. Spoofing was used to access valuable information stored in a com
puter belonging to security expert Tsutomu Shimomura.

12. Credit Card Fraud -

In U.S.A. half a billion dollars have been lost annually by consumers who have credit cards and calling card numbers. The
se are stolen from on-line databases.

13. Web Jacking -

The term refers to forceful taking of control of aweb site by cracking the
password.

14. Cyber terrorism -

The use of computer resources to intimidate or coerce government, the
civilian population or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives is called
cyber terrorism. Individuals and groups quite often try to exploit anonymous character of the
internet to threaten governments and terrorize the citizens of the country



* Source:http://delhicourts.nic.in/ejournals/CYBER%20LAW.pdf