There is a very old
and correct saying that goes on to say that a coin has two sides. Like a coin
almost every aspect of life has two sides. For example the most common example
can be taken of the advent of technology and the crime associated with it. With
the advent of time and technology, computers have formed an integral part of
the working society. Computers along with them have brought greater work and
time efficiency in the working circle of the society as a whole. But there
comes the twist. Along with all the benefits that computers and technology have
brought, there also comes the rising and alarming threat of cyber crime.
Cyber crime in
recent times has been credited along with a lot of attention by the general
public, thanks to the almost impossible crimes committed by the hackers. The
dangers that cyber crime is posing to computers and information in computers
has been acknowledged by almost all the countries. Serious concern and alarm
have been raised against the growing threat of cyber crime and its potential
threat to the information possessed in the computers. The reason that cyber
crime is posing a serious threat, is because of the reason that most countries
around the world have no existing law that they can exert against cyber crimes.
This leaves the businessmen and their business at the mere mercy of the
technology that is being used by the businessmen in their business.
The only resort
that the individuals have or can take against cyber crime is the way of self
protection. Although self protection is the one step that people can take
against cyber crimes, but still unfortunately it’s not a full proof safe step.
As hackers can easily hack through the computers of others, this makes the
information stored in the computer more vulnerable to information leakage. One
main reason why cyber crime has been gathering so much of attention, is because
of the fact that cyber crime has no boundaries of working or occurring. Cyber
crime have been reportedly breaching national barriers at ease there by
jeopardizing the political and the defense strategies of the country in front
of the other nations, as it has been reported that after committing the crime
the hackers sell the leaked information to the rival countries for money.
The other reason as
to why cyber crime is posing a serious threat is because of the fact that it is
usually very hard to track the hackers as they operate together but from far
and different places, making it harder for the law enforcers to track and find
them. These hackers usually operate from different and far off places,
sometimes even different countries making it almost impossible for anyone to
track them.
Thus national
bodies and governments should operate together to make a legal framework and
structure through which no hackers can slip through after committing cyber
crime.
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