Cyber Crime
(Syed Manazir-ul-Haq, Karachi)
The world has been witnessing new discoveries and inventions since long and internet is one that has converted the world into a global village. But with the development of the world in the way of science and technologies, crimes have also become sophisticated and detection of them is not an easy task as it requires technical knowledge, expertise and know-how.
Amongst the sophisticated crimes, cyber crime is one of the latest crimes of the world that has badly affected human lives, their belongings and secrecy. This crime is conducted through computer and network by a skilled computer programmer. It has been reported through estimation that Cyber Crime has damaged the world economy by $2.00 billion up till now. The following crimes have been witnessed through cyber:-
1) Cyber Financial Frauds
2) Cyber extortion / blackmailing
3) Cyber Warfare
4) Cyber Terrorism
5) Cyber Harassment
6) Cyber offensive and obscene contents
7) Cyber kidnapping and raping
The much disgusting aspect of this crime is that on account of this crime some girls are losing their modesty and some boys are displaced from their parents’ locations. The above cyber crimes can be controlled and undermined through the following steps:-
1) Financial vanguard software
2) Legislation and Investigation
3) Antiwar terminator Software
4) Stern sentence / capital punishment
5) Reporting to Law Enforcement Agency
6) Watch-dog strategy
7) Cyber Crime Awareness and education
All agencies and authorities must play their role in abolishing the cyber crimes, especially parents and teachers are advised to educate their children and students through sophisticated and technical way as well as put watch-dog over them.