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5. Cybercrime
Cybercrime is a fast-growing area of crime. More and more criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity of the Internet to commit a diverse range of criminal activities that know no borders, either physical or virtual.
These crimes can be divided into three broad areas:
- Attacks against computer hardware and software, for example, botnets, malware and network intrusion;
- Financial crimes and corruption, such as online fraud, penetration of online financial services and phishing;
- Abuse, in the form of grooming or 'sexploitation', especially crimes against children.
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Last updated: 12 March 2019