What is Cyber Crime in Pakistan?

                        The number of Internet users in the world is rapidly growing. The Internet has spawned all areas such as fun, entrepreneurship, sports, education and other opportunities. However, the medal has two sides, and this applies to the Internet. One of the most important disadvantages is a Cyber Crime, which is an illegal act that is carried out on the Internet. Today, computer systems and other electronic devices are often used for illegal activities such as e-mail espionage, credit cards, spam, piracy, etc.

What is Cyber Crime:

             Cyber Crime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, networked device, other electronic equipments/devices or network. It also covers crimes such as creating and distributing viruses or sending confidential information against any person or State..

In general, there may be three types of Cyber Crime:

1. The offense against a person.

2. Crime against property.

3. Crime against the State.

            A crime against a person can be the spread of child pornography, anyone can be abused or humiliated by email, social website or other similar means. Reimbursement of damages caused by these actions is in fact impossible, as it leaves the long-term tragedy. Which comes Under Section 22 of Prevention of Electronic Crime Act -2016, Pakistan

Special Cyber Crime is also a cyber crime. It is a very common form and includes such insults as the sexual, racial, religious, or other personal life of a person. This kind of crime also leads to violations of the private life of the population. The disturbance of the privacy of the on line population is a cyber crime. No one is pleased to interfere with another person in their own intimate life. Which comes Under Section 20 and 24 of Prevention of Electronic Crime Act -2016, Pakistan.

The following types of cyber crime are an act that is directed against any property. These crimes include computer vandalism (the destruction of another person's property), transmission of damaging programs. Such a crime is the case in the following case: competing companies send corporative cybercashchu to a rival institution to steal certain information that might damage the company or bankrupt. Which comes Under Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 (Electronic forger), 14 (Electronic fraud),15, 16, 17 ,18 and 19 of Prevention of Electronic Crime Act -2016, Pakistan.

Virus "malware" is one of the best examples of such a crime. It first appeared in March 1999 and soon spread to Europe, United States and later all the world. He caused 80 million dollars to damage computers around the world.

            The third form of cyber crime is the action against the state. Cyber terrorism is one of the distinguished species of this form. Which comes Under Section 10,11 and 12 of Prevention of Electronic Crime Act -2016, Pakistan.