5. Electronic Cyber Crime New Zealand and a Teenager Police in New Zealand are investigating eighteen-year-old who is suspected to be the leader of a ring which has skimmed 25 million USD from bank accounts around the world Investigators in New Zealand, the US and the Netherlands believe the youth, who cannot be named but goes by the online name ‘Akill’ - wrote software used to attack more than a million computers. The software was allegedly used to bring down the computer server at the University of Pennsylvania last year. Police described the teenager as the ringleader of a ‘botnet’ - a network of computers infiltrated by a programme that surreptitiously installs itself to allow a hacker to control it.
6. Cheating and fraud Email spoofing forgery Indecent exposure Online gambling Time - thefts Unauthorized control over computer Sale of illegal articles Distribution of pirated software IP crimes defamation Financial crimes Cyber terrorism Unauthorized control Sending of obscene material Trafficking Possession of unauthorized information Net trespass Cyber-stalking Selling pornography Unauthorized control Transmitting virus Harassment via e-mails Against society at large Against organi-zations Against individual property Against individuals