FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -With regard to computers, sabotage is the deliberate damage to equipment. Infecting a website with malware is an example of information sabotage. A more extreme example is causing the power grid in a nation to go down. See cyberattack.

Detailed explanation-2: -Another type of crime is the computer sabotage using malware (viruses, worms, Trojan horses, mobile malware), denial of service attacks and Data/Program/site alterations. The best methods to protect against computer sabotage is by using security software.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sabotage could be caused by cyber means such as overriding critical systems but would also include the deletion or corruption of data, the installation of malware or introduction of vulnerabilities into systems or ransomware, which can also be put in place without being implemented.

Detailed explanation-4: -Computer sabotage is [t]he input, alteration, erasure or suppression of computer data or computer programmes, or interference with computer systems, with the intent to hinder the functioning of a computer or a telecommunication system.