As we advance further into the modern age, newer technological advances
will dominate our society, but there is a problem that will arise from our technological reliance. The problem is cybercrime. According to Interpol Cybercrime is a fast-growing area of crime. Cybercrime involves the usage of a computer and a network to either discredit, or hurt another person. There are many different types of cybercrime, such as simple bullying and fraud, or to a more nationally threatening cyber terrorism or cyber extortion. In this case I will be focusing more on the smaller scale threats that happens commonly to everyday people. These cybercrimes will be the phishing, cyberbullying, and hacking crimes. Source 1: Theyre going to be a lot of legitimate sources, such as the FBI, Interpol, and other government agencies because cybercrime is becoming a very common crime since we are constantly evolving technology wise. My 1 st source will be from the Interpol website: (https://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Cybercrime/The- threats) Interpol is the worlds largest international police organization that holds 190 member countries. Interpol enables police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. Interpols primary role is to assist law enforcement agencies around the world in combating all forms of transnational crime and terrorism. I believe the Interpol Website will be a beneficial source for my topic because Interpol deals with cybercrime on a global level. Information from a legitimate international government site like Interpol will offer unbiased information and offer as a credible source of information.
Source 2: My second source will be the department of justices website. The
department of justice holds many examples of cybercrime, and even holds other sources pertaining to other agencies, such as the FBI, Homeland Security, and Secret Service. The website holds information regarding internet stalking, computer hacking, and information on how America is combatting cybercrime. The United States department of Justices website is very credible, and offers a lot of information as well as cases that involve different types of cybercrime, which is beneficial to my topic because I will be able to use different cases to explain the consequences of cybercrime, as well as how they found out that a certain person did a specific crime.