Exam 15: Technology and Crime

The greatest threat to reliable results in DNA profiling is __________ error.

Discovery of cybercrime is often by accident.

____________is defined as any illegal act for which knowledge of computer technology is involved for its investigation, perpetration, or prosecution.

How might similarities between hacking and playing computer games blur the lines between entertainment and crime?

The federal DNA Identification Act authorizes the FBI to establish DNA indexes for samples recovered from crime scenes.

Planting a virus is an example of which category of cybercrime?

Hackers who intend no overt harm but just have a sense of fun are known as __________.

Typical phishing schemes generally reach only about 10,000 e-mail in-boxes

Hackers who are excited about breaking into geographically distant computer systems fall into which category?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation focuses on protecting the individual rights found in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as new communications technologies emerge.

____________are malicious hackers who deliberately cause damage with no apparent personal gain.