In her article “Friend Game: Behind the Online Hoax that Led to a Girl’s Suicide,” Lauren Collins informs her audience of the story of Megan Meier, a thirteen year old girl who committed suicide after experiencing online bullying from a fake Myspace account. A profile under the name Josh Evans was tailored to Megan’s desires, drew her in, then cruelly berated her to the point that she took her own life. Megan Meier grew up in the town of Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, in a close-knit neighborhood in
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BACKGROUND BRIEF: JAMAICAN LOTTERY SCAM This label is ready to print onto Avery Label #8931 NOVEMBER 2012 CARIBBEAN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE BLOCK H, ALISTER MCINTYRE BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA KINGSTON 7, JAMAICA TEL: (876) 970-3447 (876) 970-2910 FAX: (876) 970-4544 EMAIL: INFO@CAPRICARIBBEAN.ORG Copyright © 2012 CaPRI All rights reserved. This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.
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Illegal Cyber Activities Technology is everywhere. Walk into a local Starbucks and connect any electronic device to the store’s Wi-Fi Network. Pick up a phone, touch the screen, and instantly be connected to the Internet, check an e-mail, or post to a social media website. Need directions? With satellites all around, it only takes a few seconds to find step-by-step instructions to a desired location. While all of these wonderful things make life easier, they can also turn that convenience into
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to the Internet, more people are able to take advantage of political, economic, social and carrier opportunities. Internet democracy should be promoted as every citizen has an equal right and say in decisions affecting their lives and development of law legislation. Oppressive regimes such as China have taken measures to squash political opposing of Internet accessibility to its citizens in order to protect their interest. The regimes arbitrary blocks and filters information make their own rules and
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have been responsible for several attacks on different websites, groups and governments. Their attacks have been seen as both an act of concerned citizenry, in the cases of child pornography sites, and as a cyber-lynch mob. While most of their activities are illegal, and go against the laws of several governments, the question of their ethicality has been brought up as well. We also use different words to describe their actions, from cyberterrorism to hacktivism. I would like to isolate my examples
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unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable State or local law. “Identity theft is the most rapidly rising type of fraud in the United States” (Finklea, 2009). One may have their identity stolen from them without even knowing so. This is because it is not necessary to make physical contact, or even make an acquaintance with a victim before assuming their identity. The crime of identity theft may be committed in a number of different
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that “common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation.” The question remains, is there truth to that statement? Department of Labor The Department of Labor consists of multiple laws to ensure that workers are treated fairly and know their rights. These laws established by the Department of Labor protect people from harm in the workplace due to hazardous material or substances, their entitlement to pay and overtime along with hours that may be worked by children under
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Technical Communication Methods and Practices Paper Jimmy Bolden, Michael Mosley, Deshonda Council, Jamie Jackson, Lethia Hemingway CJA/304 August 19, 2015 Judge Michael Joyner Technical Communication Methods and Practices Paper Technical communication can be considered in two different ways. The two ways are the sets of applications and the ability to make and share information with other people in the workplace. Emails responded to and sent, instant messages, phone calls, and conversations
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Licensed to: CengageBrain User Licensed to: CengageBrain User This is an electronic version of the print textbook. Due to electronic rights restrictions, some third party content may be suppressed. Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. The publisher reserves the right to remove content from this title at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. For valuable information on pricing, previous editions
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VL Bank Case Security Risk Analysis Scenario: You are the chief information security officer (CISO) for the VL Bank based in Atlanta, Georgia. Recently, a highly sophisticated and cleverly orchestrated crime was brought to your attention by the information security analysts in your department and by a growing number of business customers. Your company’s commercial customers utilize a digital certificate multifactor authentication process to access wire transfers, cash management, deposit operations
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