COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

ETHICS IN COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Crime which occurs when someone’s personal and financial information is stolen in order to impersonate him or her for financial gain
A
Cyberbullying
B
Fair Use
C
Identity Theft
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Identity theft, also known as identity fraud, is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personally identifiable information (PII), such as Social Security or driver’s license numbers, to impersonate someone else.

Detailed explanation-2: -Identity theft is a crime in which an attacker uses fraud or deception to obtain personal or sensitive information from a victim and misuses it to act in the victim’s name. Usually, perpetrators of such crime are motivated by their own economic gain.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four types of identity theft include medical, criminal, financial and child identity theft.

Detailed explanation-4: -Financial identity theft. Medical identity theft. Online identity theft.

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