The extraordinary development of information technology has obvious consequences for ''traditional'' organized crime. While the use of data processing systems and networks is undeniably a step forward for society, it also makes it more vulnerable.
Email Account Hacking
Emails are increasingly being used for social interaction, business Communication and online transactions. Most email account holders do not take basic precautions to protect their email account passwords. Cases of theft of email passwords and subsequent misuse of email accounts are becoming very common.
The scenarios
1. The victim’s email account password is stolen and the account is then misused for sending out malicious code (virus, worm, Trojan etc) to people in the victim’s address book. The recipients of these viruses believe that the email is coming from a known person and run the attachments. This infects their computers with the malicious code.
2. The victim’s email account password is stolen and the hacker tries to extort money from the victim. The victim is threatened that if he does not pay the money, the information contained in the emails will be misused. 3. The victim’s email account password is stolen and obscene emails are sent to people in the victim’s address book.
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