computer crime
noun
unauthorized use of a computer for personal gain, as in the illegal transfer of funds or to alter the data or property of others.
computer criminal
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a word derived from
computer crime.
Example Sentences
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The example highlights the dangers of jumping to conclusions in the murky world of cyber attack and defense, as tools once only available to government intelligence services find their way into the computer criminal underground.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2017
Writing an exculpatory biography about the young computer criminal will be an audacious and dangerous literary stunt, but it also promises to bring Felix back in touch with the girl’s mother.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2015
Like my "cyberpunk" colleagues in the U.S. and Canada, I've never been entirely happy with this literary label—especially after it became a synonym for computer criminal.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
There's a case on record of a single question—"How'd you do it?"—eliciting a forty-five-minute videotaped confession from a computer criminal who not only completely incriminated himself but drew helpful diagrams.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
Consider the following absurd situation created by Australia's federal computer criminal legislation.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
