Cyber crime

1 Internet crime

Match the following words to their correct definitions:

Word	Definitions
1. hacker	b. a person who gets into someone else's computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal
2. virus	a. a computer program which can make copies of itself and is intended to harm a computer or computer system
3. spam	i. unwanted email, especially advertisements, that you have not requested
4. extortion	g. obtaining something, e.g. money, by threatening someone or using force
5. scam	f. obtaining money by deceiving people
6. sweatshop	c. a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions
7. con (somebody)	h. to trick someone in order to make them give you their money or possessions
8. fraud	d. an illegal plan to make money
9. unsolicited	e. not requested

Complete the following sentences with words from above:

I receive all kinds of spam in my inbox everyday.
The criminal came up with a very clever fraud to steal money from people.
People who work in a sweatshop are usually under a lot of stress.
My computer isn't working. It has been infected with a virus.
A hacker managed to get past the company's security firewall and steal important financial data.
I receive unsolicited emails almost everyday. I usually delete them immediately.
The criminals forced Mr Smith to pay them a large sum of money. He was the victim of extortion.
Someone stole my credit card details and used them to pay for things on the Internet. I was the victim of credit card con.
The criminal managed to scam Frank out of $100 by pretending to work for a charity organisation.

Match the words in the first two columns to form collocations from the text:

Word	Collocations
1. secure	b. a network (= to make a network safe from viruses, hackers, etc.)
2. launch	a. a malicious programme (= to introduce a programme which is intended to cause damage)
3. propagate	c. a virus (= to produce and spread copies of a virus)
4. bombard	d. a website (= to attack a website with continuous hits until it stops working)
5. bypass	f. security measures (= to avoid security measures by going around them, for example in a clever or illegal way)
6. crash	e. a website (= to stop a website from working)