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Cybercrime ’ Love bug’ virus, hack attacks and data theft, people nowadays ar

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问题 Cybercrime
   ’ Love bug’ virus, hack attacks and data theft, people nowadays are quite familiar with those words, as they are often mentioned by newspapers or televisions. Those are all examples of cybercrime and cybercrime is defined as the use of any computer network for crime by British police. In addition, it is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities around the world and has drawn much attention from the public and the government, as its disastrous results can not be ignored. I will discuss some of the causes and effects of cybercrime and then give out some suggestions which are helpful to individuals as well as companies.
   One of the causes of cybercrime is for making【C1】______ which is the most common aim of those Hi-tech【C2】______. There are many ways for them to make money【C3】______the internet such as stealing money directly from【C4】______. They break into the computer systems of banks or companies, and【C5】______ money to their own accounts. Also they【C6】______ the banks by demanding huge amount of money, 【C7】______ they would publish how they managed to break into their computer【C8】______ on the internet, and then anyone can【C9】______ their websites, a group of professional【C10】______ did that to five British banks several months ago. 【C11】______ like hacking into the computer system of some【C12】______ trading companies and change the destination address of some【C13】______ such as jewellery, and then the criminal gets the jewellery 【C14】______ someone else has to pay for it. That is one of the reasons【C15】______ cybercrime has been growing so fast, 【C16】______ criminals can easily get huge amount of profit by just【C17】______ the keyboard.
   The effects of those profit-making 【C18】______ activities are disastrous for both individuals and businesses. For【C19】______ , nothing is more miserable than finding out【C20】______ all their money in their bank account has【C21】______ gone. As a result, they can not pay for their【C22】______, car and even the education fee of their children! Businesses also suffer【C23】______ from this, it is reported that 44% of British businesses had【C24】______ a ’ malicious security breach’ within the year 2001, and【C25】______ , it costs them about ￡30, 000 to get back in the 【C26】______(back to normal). Take those banks that were being held to【C27】______ by a group of hackers as an example, it【C28】______ costs them financially but also has a detrimental 【C29】______ on their reputation, people do not trust them【C30】______ , as nobody wants to save money in a bank where【C31】______ with a PC can access their bank accounts.
   The second cause of cybercrime is【C32】______stealing information. Some information is as valuable as【C33】______ for those criminals such as credit card number and social【C34】______ number. They can obtain those credit card numbers by【C35】______ bogus companies and get credit card details from those 【C36】______ buyers. One of the worst cybercrime is identity 【C37】______ , stealing information about someone’s date of birth, social security 【C38】______ and address. Then the criminal could actually be someone【C39】______ , and do whatever he wants to do, usually illegal such as selling【C40】______ or weapons, and do not have to be responsible for his 【C41】______!
   Business spies also steal information like new products【C42】______, future expansion plan, sales figure, and then sell it to its【C43】______. They also can steal secret documents of government in【C44】______ countries.
   The effects of stealing information are 【C45】______. Those businesses who have invested much money and time in【C46】______ a new product, they lose the advantages in the market of that new product【C47】______ the valuable time and human resources if the【C48】______ information is stolen. For individuals, suddenly they have so many【C49】______to pay for as others using their credit cards to buy things. The【C50】______, people may have to be the scapegoat and responsible for someone else’s faults if their identity was stolen. Sometimes, they may be sued in the court or send to prison by mistake. It takes them much time to prove that they are innocent and they are also mentally stressed. Stealing secret information from government may cause incogitable serious effect and may even end up with a war between two countries. [br] 【C35】
选项 A、founding
B、organizing
C、making
D、setting up
答案 D
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