Cybercrime Among Us

GROUP C DIGITAL LITERACY AND COMMUNICATION

Introduction

As we know, the internet is a very important part of life. In Indonesia, more than 202.6 million people are internet users, and 170.0 million are active users of social media. But behind the positive impact of the internet, the internet is very dangerous for users who are less aware and careless in using the internet in their daily lives. Therefore, the importance of awareness and strategy in preventing internet crime is very much needed in today's modern era.

Background

Globalization - Is an era or period where almost all technological components are developed very rapidly, not spared from the internet world or what we can call the cyber world. Can access various information about national or even international, the internet can also be a means and intermediary that connects us with our family or our relatives who are far from where we are. But the internet world or cyber world also has many shortcomings, one of which is a crime in cybercrime, which we will discuss the definition, forms of crime and their solutions, how to overcome them, and the factors that cause cybercrime in this topic.

The phenomenon of cybercrime must indeed be watched out for because this crime is somewhat different from other crimes in general. Cybercrime can be carried out without recognizing territorial boundaries and there is no need for direct interaction between perpetrators and victims of crime. It is certain that with the global nature of the internet, all countries that carry out internet activities will almost certainly be affected by the development of this cybercrime.

Definition of Cyberime

Cybercrime or what we know as "Kejahatan Dunia Maya" is an activity that leads to criminal acts by using a computer or rather a network on a computer or anything that can access the internet as a tool for crime and is carried out illegally by hackers or crackers. And Cybercrime is all the activities of individuals or groups that use computer networks as a means of committing crimes or making computers targets of crime (Widodo 2011).