Computer Missuse Act

Question 1

What is hacking?

Answer 1

Hacking is where an unauthorised person tried to get past any kind of sercurity such as a password in order to see data stored on the computer .

Question 2

Data misuse and unauthorised transfer or copying

Answer 2

This is an illegal transfer of data which can be done by using storage devices such as a disc or memory stick. Personal data, company research and written work such as a book cannot be copied without the owners permison.

Question 3

Copying and distributing copyrighted software, music and film

Answer 3

This is copying music and films using computer equipment and selling it on the internet without the owners permission. This is a misuse of both computers and the internet.

Question 4

Email and chat room abuses

Answer 4

This is where people go on email and/or chat rooms and and pretend to be someone else and spread horrific rumours. Another email abuse is spam emails which advertise both legal and illegal products/services.

Question 5

Pornography

Answer 5

This is where people either store or advertise porn which has been classified as illegal or shows illegal acts.

Question 6

Identity and financial abuses

Answer 6

This includes stealing credit card numbers to order products or use services on the internet and financial frauds. This can be well thought out schemes or just simply printing out money

Question 7

Viruses

Answer 7

Viruses are simple programs written by people and are designed to cause nuisance or damage to computers or their files

Question 8

What is phishing?

Answer 8

Phishing is a way for people to steal your identity

Question 9

What do phishing scams do

Answer 9

Send you links to you that are supposed to take you to a trusted site. For example it could be people pretending to be a bank saying to re type in your details to get your information.

Question 10

How can you protect yourself from phishing

Answer 10

1. Using trusted sercurity software and setting it to update regularly
2. Don’t give any information over email or private message. If you do get an email which looks like it’s from the bank then call the bank.
3. Don’t click on links within emails or private messages
4. Copy and paste the link into your browser and see where it takes you
5. Be cautious of opening attachments and downloading files to avoid a virus