Cyber Crime & IT Act

IT act or Cyber crimes can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature, such as theft, fraud, forgery, defamation, and mischief, all of which are subject to the Indian Penal Code. The abuse of computers has also given birth to a gamut of new age crimes that are addressed by the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Two main areas of Cyber crimes are –

1.The Computer as a Target: -using a computer to attack other computers e.g. Hacking, Virus/Worm attacks, DOS attack, etc.
2.The computer as a weapon: -using a computer to commit real-world crimes.
e.g. Cyber Terrorism, IPR violations, Credit card frauds, EFT frauds, Pornography, etc.

Cyber Crime is regulated by Cyber Laws or Internet Laws.