Cyber crime

Crimes committed primarily through Internet contact include: credit card fraud, identity theft, child pornography, indecent chat-room behavior, software and media piracy, web-site vandalism, release of viruses and worms, spam marketing, invasion of privacy, cyber-spying and most forms of hacking and cyber warfare. The cyberian legal-system has a hard job keeping up along the technology trail of software designers and hackers. Based on only 24 countries and reports from 13,000 adults, the Norton computer security company estimate cybercrime to be US$110 billion per year.