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Cyber Crime Worksheet
Cyber Crime Worksheet
Cyber-crime
The recent rise in Internet crime is causing problems for employers and employees.
4 Read the article again. Did you find out anything new or surprising?
5 Find words in the text from the definitions below.
(a) to move money from one bank account to another illegally or dishonestly (paragraph 1)
(b) a symbol that represents an organisation or company (paragraph 1)
(c) risking money, often in a game, hoping to win more if you are lucky (paragraph 1)
(d) made to look like something real in order to trick people (paragraph 2)
(e) an official examination of a situation within a company (paragraph 3)
Definitions from or based on Macmillan English Dictionary. Text © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2002.
6 Work in small groups. Rank the following crimes in order of their seriousness. Decide on a suitable penalty for each.
sending spam e-mails placing spyware on a computer creating / distributing a computer virus
manufacturing / selling fake drugs sending adware across the Internet stealing credit card details
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