Cybercrime definition

Cybercrime means cyber-dependent crimes, that is to say crimes that can be committed only through the use of information and communications technology (ICT) devices and systems, where the devices and systems are either tools for committing the crime or the primary targets of the crime; and cyber-enabled crimes, that is to say traditional crimes, such as child sexual exploitation, which can be increased in scale or reach by the use of computers, computer networks or other forms of ICT;

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Cybercrime means any conduct on the Internet or connected with the Internet or Internet usages which constitutes a crime in terms of the South African criminal law, including any conduct punishable in terms of Chapter XIII of the ECT Act;

Cybercrime means any offence under this Act;

Examples of Cybercrime in a sentence

• The Parties shall promote the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime as the global standard against cybercrime at all appropriate levels.

• Such incident reporting must also include “[a] statement requesting or declining assistance from the Cybersecurity Operations Center, the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement, or the sheriff who has jurisdiction over the local government.” per section 282.3185, F.S. Under Section 200 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, FL[DS] has been directed to provide nonrecurring assistance to local governments for the development and enhancement of cybersecurity risk management programs.

• The Parties acknowledge the need to prevent and tackle cybercrime, including online child sexual exploitation and abuse, by cooperating and exchanging best practices to fight cybercrime offences, building on existing international norms and standards, including those of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection.

• The Parties acknowledge the need to prevent and tackle cybercrime, including online child sexual exploitation and abuse, by cooperating and exchanging best practices to fight cybercrime offences, building on existing international norms and standards, including those of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, done at Budapest on 23 November 2001, and the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection, done at Malabo on 27 June 2014.

• Such incident reporting must also include “[a] statement requesting or declining assistance from the Cybersecurity Operations Center, the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement, or the sheriff who has jurisdiction over the local government.” S.

More Definitions of Cybercrime

Cybercrime means any illegal act committed by means of a computer system or network or any other physical network connected or related to an information system;

Cybercrime means, for the purpose of this Convention, the conduct as defined in articles 5 to 10 of this Convention;

Cybercrime means illegal acts, the commission of which involves the use of information and communication technologies;

Cybercrime means, for the purpose of this Guideline, the conduct as defined in Part II-General Offences.

Cybercrime means the use of cyberspace, information technology or electronic facilities to commit a crime; “cybersecurity” means the state in which a computer or

Cybercrime means any illicit activity that takes place on the cyberspace, such as hacking or stealing information that has been saved digitally.

Cybercrime means: criminal activity including, but not limited to, social engineering fraud, business email compromise, identity theft, ransomware, spoofing, or phishing that either targets or uses a computer, a computer network or a networked device.