Data theft, files corrupted by viruses, unwanted data access... all these are not just events for today, for ‘evil forces’ are only getting stronger!

Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Dean of IIPM)

Jonathan Bailey, a manager with a leading IT firm and a father of two children is left flabbergasted on receiving a rather unpleasant email. The first attachment carries some recent intimate picture of his and his old school sweetheart and the second carries images of some important documental proof on an insider trading deal he was involved in, last year. The e-mail closed with the line – “...kindly deposit $100,000,000 in my off - shore account no. SWBK1283K28 or I’ll only deem it an honour to forward the mail to your wife and boss.” Sure, for an outsider and a reader, this does not come as a surprise as Jonathan – with no clue of how it all happened – is just one of those unhappy millions who have witnessed something termed ‘internet crime’ in person. According to Secure Computing Corporation, the internet industry is witnessing unprecedented levels of virus traffic and image spam. Now picture this – the year is 2070 and you are delighted to lay your hands on a brand new 265 megapixel ultra-digital camera. However, soon your happiness turns out to be your worst nightmare, when you discover that your biometric credit card was impersonated by a thief and that he has left you with a disastrous credit record, something you’d love to hate! But such incidences would only become the order of the day decades from now, when technology and technology- linked crimes would only go hand in hand...

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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