The document discusses cybercrime and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. It defines various types of cybercrimes such as hacking, virus dissemination, software piracy, internet relay chat, net extortion, phishing, cyber defamation. It also discusses a Supreme Court case where an attorney was suspended for one year for posting insulting remarks against a doctor on Facebook before the cybercrime law was enacted. The cybercrime law covers traditional crimes that are now committed through information and communication technologies and imposes penalties one degree higher than existing laws.
The document discusses cybercrime and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. It defines various types of cybercrimes such as hacking, virus dissemination, software piracy, internet relay chat, net extortion, phishing, cyber defamation. It also discusses a Supreme Court case where an attorney was suspended for one year for posting insulting remarks against a doctor on Facebook before the cybercrime law was enacted. The cybercrime law covers traditional crimes that are now committed through information and communication technologies and imposes penalties one degree higher than existing laws.
The document discusses cybercrime and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. It defines various types of cybercrimes such as hacking, virus dissemination, software piracy, internet relay chat, net extortion, phishing, cyber defamation. It also discusses a Supreme Court case where an attorney was suspended for one year for posting insulting remarks against a doctor on Facebook before the cybercrime law was enacted. The cybercrime law covers traditional crimes that are now committed through information and communication technologies and imposes penalties one degree higher than existing laws.
The document discusses cybercrime and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. It defines various types of cybercrimes such as hacking, virus dissemination, software piracy, internet relay chat, net extortion, phishing, cyber defamation. It also discusses a Supreme Court case where an attorney was suspended for one year for posting insulting remarks against a doctor on Facebook before the cybercrime law was enacted. The cybercrime law covers traditional crimes that are now committed through information and communication technologies and imposes penalties one degree higher than existing laws.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO.
10175 CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 2012
ATTY. JUVI H. GAYATAO
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT CYBER CRIME
•"THE MODERN THIEF CAN STEAL MORE WITH A
COMPUTER THAN WITH A GUN. TOMORROW'S TERRORIST MAY BE ABLE TO DO MORE DAMAGE WITH A KEYBOARD THAN WITH A BOMB".
– NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, "COMPUTERS AT RISK", 1991.
WHAT IS CYBER CRIME ?
COMPUTER CRIME OR CYBERCRIME IS A FORM OF
CRIME WHERE THE INTERNET OR COMPUTERS ARE USED AS A MEDIUM TO COMMIT CRIME. HACKING Hacking in simple terms means illegal intrusion into a computer system without the permission of the computer owner/user. VIRUS DISSEMINATION • Malicious software that attaches itself to other software. Eg:- (virus,, worms,, Trojan Horse, Time bomb, Logic Bomb,, Rabbit and Bacterium are the malicious software) SOFTWARE PRIVACY
• THEFT OF SOFTWARE THROUGH THE ILLEGAL COPYING OF
GENUINE PROGRAMS OR THE COUNTERFEITING AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS INTENDED TO PASS FOR THE ORIGINAL. • RETAIL REVENUE LOSSES WORLDWIDE ARE EVER INCREASING DUE TO THIS CRIME CAN BE DONE IN VARIOUS WAYS
• EG:-END USER COPYING, HARD DISK LOADING, COUNTERFEITING,
ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS FROM THE INTERNET ETC. INTERNET RELAY CHAT
INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC) SERVERS HAVE CHAT ROOMS IN
WHICH PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE THE WORLD CAN COME TOGETHER AND CHAT WITH EACH OTHER. CRIMINALS USE IT FOR MEETING CO-CONSPIRATORS. HACKERS USE IT FOR DISCUSSING THEIR EXPLOITS / SHARING THE TECHNIQUES. CYBER STALKING - IN ORDER TO HARASS A WOMAN HER TELEPHONE NUMBER IS GIVEN TO OTHERS AS IF SHE WANTS TO BEFRIEND MALES NET EXTORTION
• COPYING THE COMPANY’S CONFIDENTIAL
DATA IN ORDER TO EXTORT SAID COMPANY FOR HUGE AMOUNT. PHISHING
• IT IS TECHNIQUE OF PULLING OUT
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM THE BANK/FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNT HOLDERS BY DECEPTIVE MEANS. PHISHING PHISHING PHISHING CYBER DEFAMATION
• THE CRIMINAL SENDS EMAILS CONTAINING
DEFAMATORY MATTERS TO ALL CONCERNED OFF THE VICTIM OR POST THE DEFAMATORY MATTERS ON A WEBSITE.. • EG:-(DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE MAY DO THIS AGAINST BOSS,, EX-BOYS FRIEND AGAINST GIRL,, DIVORCED HUSBAND AGAINST WIFE ETC.) • IS CLICKING OF “LIKE” BUTTON IN FACEBOOK MAKE THE PERSON LIABLE AS IF HE WAS THE ONE WHO UTTERED THE DEFAMATORY STATEMENT? • IN A FEBRUARY 18, 2014 SC RULING, THE HIGHEST COURT RULED THAT ONLINE LIBEL IS CONSTITUTIONAL, BUT SUBJECT TO ONE CONDITION: ONLY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR, NOT THOSE WHO RECEIVE OR REACT TO THE POST CAN BE PENALIZED. PEOPLE VS GUEVARRA JANUARY 5, 2017
• IN 2009, ATTY. GUEVARRA POSTED IN HIS FB CALLING DR. BELO A
QUACK DOCTOR, REYNA NG KAPLASTIKAN, REYNA NG KAPALPAKAN”. AT THAT TIME, CYBERCRIME LAW DID NOT EXIST YET. • ATTY. ROBERTO “ARGEE” GUEVARRA WAS SUSPENDED BY THE SC TO PRACTICE LAW FOR ONE (1) YEAR FOR POSTING INSULTING REMARKS AGAINST DR. VICTORIA “VICKI” BELO-HENARES, A POPULAR DOCTOR AMONG SHOWBIZ PERSONALITIES. • ALL CRIMES DEFINED AND PENALIZED BY THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, AND SPECIAL LAWS, IF COMMITTED BY, THROUGH AND WITH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES SHALL BE COVERED BY THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT: PROVIDED, THAT THE PENALTY TO BE IMPOSED SHALL BE ONE (1) DEGREE HIGHER THAN THAT PROVIDED FOR BY THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, AND SPECIAL LAWS, AS THE CASE MAY BE.