COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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One who tracks digital footprints by browsing his/her actions on the internet
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Stealing someone’s identity to use stuff in their name such as credit cards
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Person who looks for flaw or potentials to harm as to go about hacking someone
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Identity that is obtained by malware hidden in other files that looks innocent and harmless
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Are Identity Theft and Identity Fraud? Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.
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: -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-4: -The four types of identity theft include medical, criminal, financial and child identity theft.
Detailed explanation-5: -Credit card fraud is a form of identity theft where criminals make purchases or obtain cash advances in your name. This can be with an existing account, via theft of your physical credit card or your account numbers and PINs, or by opening new credit card accounts in your name.