Introduction

Introduction

Cyber-crime is generally described as “cyber-crime” is a generic term that refers to all criminal activities done using the medium of computers, the internet, cyber space and the worldwide web.In other words, it is a crime in which a computer is the target of the crime or is used as a tool to commit an offense.The definition by Dr. Debarati Halder and Dr. K. Jaishankar is defined as; 

“Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a

criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause

physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly, using modern

telecommunication networks such as Internet (Chat rooms, emails, notice boards

and groups) and mobile phones (SMS/MMS).”