That is not surprising considering the fact that the abacus,which isthought to be the earliest form of a computer, has been around since 3500 B.C. in India, Japan and China. The era of modern computers, however, began with the analytical engine of Charles Babbage.
In 1820, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a textile manufacturer in France, produced the loom. This device allowed the repetition of a series of steps
in the weaving of special fabrics. This resulted in a fear amongst
Jacquard's employees that their traditional employment and livelihood
were being threatened. They committed acts of sabotage to discourage
Jacquard from further use of the new technology. This is the first
recorded cyber crime!
Today, computers have come a long way with neural networks and
nanocomputing promising to turn every atom in a glass of water into a
computer capable of performing a billion operations per second.
In a day and age when everything from microwave ovens and
refrigerators to nuclear power plants are being run on computers, cyber
crime has assumed rather sinister implications.
Cyber crime can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature,
such as theft, fraud, forgery, defamation and mischief. The abuse of
computers has also given birth to a gamut of new age crimes such as
hacking, web defacement, cyber stalking, web jacking etc.
Rijas
Diploma Holder (Cyber Law)
