CYBER CRIME &

CYBER LAW

TOPICS COVERED
Introduction to Cyber Crime and Cyber Laws
Types of Cyber Crime
Various Laws and Provisions
Penalties
Career Opportunities in Cyber Law

Introduction

Pre 1990: People are not connected

1990: Connecting People to Information

2000: Connecting People to people

2010: Everything is connected

THE OLD WORLD

THE NEW WORLD

Cyber crime

CYBER CRIME
The term cybernetics was coined by
the American mathematician Robert
Wiener in 1940s to mean:
The Theory of Control and
Communication Processes.
Cyber Crime can be defined as: Any
crime with the help of computer and
telecommunication technology with the
purpose of influencing the functioning of
the computer and the computer system.

SOME COMPUTER CRIMES

Logic Bombs
Trap Doors
Spamming
Piggybacking
Virus, worms, Trojan horse
E-mail abuse, etc.

CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIME

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AGAINST A PERSON
Cyber staking
Loss of privacy ,etc
Impersonation
AGAINST PROPERTY
Unauthorised computer trespassing through Cyberspace
Computer Vandalism
Harmful program transfer
E-cash
Money laundering
Copyright etc.

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AGAINST GOVERNMENT
Hacking
Cyber Extortion
NASA website hacking
Cyber terrorism
Computer viruses
Counterfeiting currency & Industrial
Espionage, etc.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN
CYBER LAW
RESEARCH
Cyber Law Researcher
Get scholarship
Present expertise
ACADEMICS
Cyber Trainer
Faculty member
CONSULTANCY
Security policy
Cyber Crime Investigation assisting Police Dept.
Individual Cyber Crime Investigation
Conduct legal Audits

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DRAFTING
You can draft Contracts relating to technology
transfer, intellectual property, & other ecommercial documents.
LITIGATION
Represent clients in Cyber Crime Cases
Multi core Cases
Provide expert opinion
Assist the investigation agency to detect the
crime.

Cyber law

HIERARCHY OF CYBER LAW

LAWCr.P.C

SECTIONS in the law

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502A

SECTIONS IN LAW & PENALTIES

SECTION 43:
Of the act reads: If

any person without permission of

the owner or any other person who incharge of
the computer system or network
1. ACCESS OR SECURE the personal information from such computer
2. DOWNLOAD, COPIES, or EXTRACTS any data from such computer
3. Introduces causes or contaminate any computer or introduces any
COMPUTER VIRUS into any computer
4. DAMAGES any computer network
5. DISRUPTS or CAUSES DISRUPTION of any computer system
6. DENIAL or CAUSES DENIAL of access to any person authorised to
access any computer system or network
7. CONTRAVENTION (break) or violates
8. CHANGES ACCOUNT SETTINGS

Continued: Section 43 Penalty

He shall be liable to pay damages by the
way of compensation not exceeding ONE
CRORE to person affected.

SECTION 65
TAMPERING WITH COMPUTER SOURCE
DOCUMENTS
Any person knowingly or intentionally conceals,
destroys or alters or Intentionally or knowingly
causes another to conceal, destroy or alter any
computer source code used for a computer, computer
programme, computer system or computer network,
when the computer source code is required to be kept
or maintained by law for the time being in force.

Continue: Penalties
Fine upto 2lakh rupees.
Imprisonment: upto 3 years.
Case-law: Syed Asifuddin & others v/s

State of A.P.

SECTION 66(A)
REGARDING SENDING OF OFFENSIVE
MESSAGES THROUGH COMMUNICATION
SERVICES, ETC.
Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource
or a communication device,a) any information that is grossly offensive or has
menacing character; or
b) any information which he knows to be false, but for
the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger,
obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity,
hatred, or ill will, persistently makes by making use of
such computer resource or a communication device,

Continue: Penalties
c)

Any electronic mail for the purpose of causing

annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or
mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin
of such messages

Punishment: Jailed upto 3 years, or/and

fine.

PORNOGRAPHY- SECTION 67

SECTION 67
punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene
material in electronic form

SECTION 67A
A punishment for publishing or transmitting of material
containing sexually explicit act, etc. In electronic form

SECTION 67B
Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material
depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc. In
electronic form

CONTINUED: PENALTIES
He

shall be liable to pay 1lakh rupees

or/and imprisonment of 2 to 5 years.
And if the same thing is repeated, fine
may extend upto 10lakh rupees or/and
imprisonment of 10 years.
CASE: 6TH class student killed by a 5th
class child to take revenge

SECTION 69
Deals with the interception, monitoring or decryption of
any information in the interest of sovereignty, integrity,
security, or defence of India, friendly relations with the
foreign states, etc.
PUNISHMENT:
Jailed not extending 5
years or/and fine 2lakh
rupees.

SOME OTHER SECTIONS

SECTION 72:
Violation of the privacy policy Fine upto 5 lakh rupees or/and
jail not extending 2years.
CASE: A lady was raped and killed in Noida Sector 56
SECTION 502A:
Publishing, Transmitting images of the private area of a person
without his or her consent 2years/2lakh.
SECTION 419A:
Cheating by any communication device or computer resource
5years
SECTION 417A:
Identity theft 2years

PROTECT YOUR
COMPUTERS!

Use anti-virus
softwares and
firewalls
Keep them up to
date
Keep your
operating system
up to date with
critical security
updates and
patches
Dont open emails
and attachments
from unknown
sources

with strangers
If you have Wi-Fi
network, protect it
with a password
Disconnect from the
internet when not
in use
Revaluate your
security on a
regular basis
Use electronic
keyboards while
doing any online
transaction
Back up your
computer data on
disks or CDs often
Make sure your

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