Kizza Chapt 9

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|Chapter Number and Title: Chapter 9 – Computer Crimes |

|Your Name: |

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|1. Briefly state the main idea of this chapter. |

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|This chapter discusses types of computer crimes and the history of computer crimes. Cost to society and strategies of detection and |

|prevention are all hashed out. The two types of computer attacks are: penetration and denial of service attacks and are discussed in depth |

|and the reasons why they each happen. |

|2. List three important facts that the author uses to support the main idea: |

|A. Penetration attacks involve breaking into a computer system using knows security vulnerabilities and gain access to cyberspace resources. |

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|B. Computer crimes can be motivated by any of the following: Political activism, vendetta, joke/hoax, hacker’s ethics, terrorism/extortion, |

|political and military espionage, business and industrial espionage, hate, personal gain/fame/fun. |

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|C. The...