What is the difference between them?
• Computer crime is also known as “cyber-trespass” that involves acts that attack the functions of a computer and access to a computer or the Internet. For instance, hacking, denying someone access to Internet usage, and sending unsolicited or virus-causing electronic mail.
• On the other hand, cyber crime includes fraud, theft, and extortion using the computer as an instrument of the crime.
What has the Singapore government done in order to counter these two types of crimes?
• Passing of the Computer Misuse Act in 1993 which prohibits:
o obtaining of unauthorized access to computer material
o altering contents of a computer
o intercepting any computer service or function
o obstructing lawful use of a computer
o impeding or preventing access to or impairing the usefulness or effectiveness of any computer program or data
o disclosing a password or access code
4 approaches in combating computer crime in Singapore:
• Pass new legislation that creates crimes where activity warrants it
• Impose severe penalties as punishment and deterrents
• Provide law enforcement agencies with additional powers
• Criminalize abetting and attempting to perpetrate computer crimes
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