Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Cybercrime : an overview of incidents and issues in Canada.

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Alternate Title

Cybercriminalité : survol des incidents et des enjeux au Canada.

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Description

1 online resource (14 pages)

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Issued also in French under title: Cybercriminalité : survol des incidents et des enjeux au Canada.

Summary

This report covers a broad range of criminal offences where the Internet and information technologies are used to carry out illegal activities. It describes select crimes in Canada’s digital landscape to show the rising technical complexity, sophistication and expansion of cybercrime. While difficult to measure, these crimes show no sign of slowing in Canada.

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Contents

Executive summary -- Defining cybercrime from a law enforcement perspective -- Cybercrime threats and case studies -- Technology-as-target cybercrimes -- Technology-as-instrument cybercrimes -- Evolving cybercrime threats -- Conclusion: key observations.

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