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Definitions for cybercrime
cy·ber·crime

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cybercrimenoun

    crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs

Wiktionary

  1. cybercrimenoun

    crime committed using computer networks

  2. cybercrimenoun

    an individual crime of this kind

Wikipedia

  1. Cybercrime

    A cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer or a computer network. The computer may have been used in committing the crime, or it may be the target. Cybercrime may harm someone's security or finances.There are many privacy concerns surrounding cybercrime when confidential information is intercepted or disclosed, lawfully or otherwise. Internationally, both governmental and non-state actors engage in cybercrimes, including espionage, financial theft, and other cross-border crimes. Cybercrimes crossing international borders and involving the actions of at least one nation-state are sometimes referred to as cyberwarfare. Warren Buffett describes cybercrime as the "number one problem with mankind" and said that cybercrime "poses real risks to humanity."A 2014 report sponsored by McAfee estimated that cybercrime resulted in $445 billion in annual damage to the global economy. Approximately $1.5 billion was lost in 2012 to online credit and debit card fraud in the US. In 2018, a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with McAfee, concluded that nearly 1% of global GDP, close to $600 billion, is lost to cybercrime each year. The World Economic Forum 2020 Global Risk Report confirmed that organized cybercrimes bodies are joining forces to perpetrate criminal activities online, while estimating the likelihood of their detection and prosecution to be less than 1% in the US.

ChatGPT

  1. cybercrime

    Cybercrime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, networked device, or a network itself. It typically involves illegal activities conducted through the internet such as hacking, phishing, identity theft, fraud, spreading malware or viruses, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, online piracy, unauthorized selling or buying, espionage, and acts of cyber terrorism. The victims can be individuals, organizations, or even nations, and the impact can range from minor inconvenience to significant financial loss and potential physical harm.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cybercrime in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cybercrime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cybercrime in a Sentence

  1. Michael Daniel:

    The bottom line is ransomware has gone from an economic nuisance, which is how it was perceived back in 2013 and 2014, to a national security threat and a public health and safety threat, it is no longer just a sideline cybercrime problem, but something that requires a whole of government approach to deal with. That's why it is good that the administration is putting out a strategy focused on ransomware — that is what it is going to take to knock this problem back.

  2. Serrin Turner:

    That's the challenge with cybercrime in general, to make sure crimes cannot be committed on the Internet without any remedy or recourse.

  3. John Hultquist:

    Among its peers, North Korea is unique in their deep, active involvement in cybercrime, unlike other countries who may contract and bargain with domestic criminals, the North Korean state carries out cybercrime directly, against targets all over the globe.

  4. Michela Menting:

    Organized cybercrime, hacktivists, other state-sponsored groups will take advantage of such sophisticated tools and use them unscrupulously, when you think that companies and individuals still get infected by malware that has been patched years ago, this offers a lucrative opportunity for malicious actors to use some powerful tools.

  5. Satya Nadella:

    Cybercrime is the number one threat facing every business today.

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Translations for cybercrime

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  • الجريمة الإلكترونيةArabic
  • cybercrimeCzech
  • Cyberverbrechen, CyberkriminalitätGerman
  • verkkorikos, verkkorikollisuusFinnish
  • la cybercriminalité, cybercrime, cybercriminalitéFrench
  • साइबर क्राइमHindi
  • կիբեռհանցագործությունArmenian
  • サイバー犯罪Japanese
  • cybercrimeLatin
  • киберпреступность, киберпреступлениеRussian
  • Cyber brottSwedish
  • 网络犯罪Chinese

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