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There are 232 million identities stolen each year. Cybercrime is becoming more of a problem today than it ever has. In the course of one day, 1.5 million people will be hacked while on the computer. The United States and Russia have the highest rates for this crime. Terrorist groups often begin their attack by using cyber crimes. Nowadays people are getting more creative in the ways they commit cybercrimes. There are a few known reasons why people commit these crimes. Police and FBI agents are already busy with violent criminals, and trying to solve difficult cases; they just don’t have the time or resources to catch cyber criminals. Today’s generation does not understand how serious cyber crime can be. “Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.” (Cyber Quotes, 2014). All people need to be taught how to act against this crime and prevent it from happening to them.
Investigators have organized cyber crime into six categories with the most common form being "hacking". In this process a “hacker” will “hack” into a person’s computer and then will access private information. For someone to be able to do this they usually use a variety of software programs. Hacking is a felony in the U.S.
The most common type of cyber crime is theft. This crime is committed when a person violates copyrights and downloads things illegally. Many teens are guilty of downloading songs without paying for them, which is a form of cyber crime. One of the most terrifying types of cyber crime is cyber stalking, this includes harassment and a violation of privacy. Most cyber stalkers are older men, who are preying on teen girls. This is not always on the computer; s...

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“You’re not as safe as you think you are. Hackers around the world are working right now to take whatever they can get in the Wild West of the web. Luckily, you aren’t helpless. Take a look at cybercrime by the numbers, and consider what you can do to protect your data, your security, and your identity online.” (6 Great, 2014). Clearly, it would be expected that people would be scared and more careful about what they do on the computer, but some people just have a way of thinking, “it will never happen to me”, and that is not the way to think at all. If you are careful then it might not happen to you but there is no way to be 100 percent safe when it comes to this. So the next time you get on the computer be careful what you click on and whom you talk to because you never know who is a criminal trying to bait you.

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