cybercrime

Or cy·ber crime

[sahy-ber-krahym]

noun

1. criminal activity or a crime that involves the internet, a computer system, or computer technology.

   identity theft, phishing, and other kinds of cybercrime.

cybercrime

/ ˈsaɪbəˌkraɪm /

noun

1. the illegal use of computers and the internet

2. crime committed by means of computers or the internet

Other Word Forms

• cybercriminal noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cybercrime¹

First recorded in 1990–95; cyber- + crime

Example Sentences

It's not known exactly how they got into her account and the murky world of cybercrime means it is difficult to pinpoint if a single data breach led to someone being scammed.

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She contacted the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, Action Fraud, which put her in touch with Cleveland Police.

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Police say their investigation uncovered a massive cybercrime racket where sensitive footage from at least 50,000 CCTVs from across the country was stolen by hackers and sold on the internet.

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"After patient intelligence work, the police in coordination with Madrid's cybercrime division captured Miguel Angel Marin in Spain today, a member of a criminal organization," the ministry said in a statement.

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The military government has introduced laws punishing those who protest against the election with up to a decade in prison, and new cybercrime laws police the internet for communications that "disrupt unity".

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