what is cybercrime

Cyber Crime… hmm.. What  is that ??

 

The U.S. Department of Justice give meaning of CyberCrime as: "… any illegal act requiring knowledge of Computer technology for its perpetration, investigation, or prosecution".

Organization of European Community Development, : "any illegal,   unethical or unauthorized behavior relating to the automatic processing and/or the transmission of data". 

Andi Hamzah in his book “Aspek-aspek Pidana di Bidang Komputer” (1989)  explain cybercrime as “kejahatan di bidang komputer secara umum dapat diartikan sebagai penggunaan komputer secara ilegal.”

 

Eoghan Casey → “Cybercrime is used throughout this text to refer to any crime that involves computer and networks,   including crimes that do not rely heavily on computer“.