Year 8 Cybercrime Assessment

A phishing email is one which

• requests payment for goods which you have not received

• offers you products in which you have no interest

• encourages you to click on a link to a fraudulent website

• contains abusive and threatening language

If you receive an email from a well-known company, but its name is misspelt in the sender’s address, you should: 

• click on the link in the email to check if it’s genuine 

• reply, pointing out the error 

• report it as a possible phishing scam

• forward the email to a friend to check 

A fraudulent email which is trying to obtain your username and password for a particular site will typically: 

• have a heading with a logo which appears genuine

• address you by name 

• offer large sums of money 

• appear to come from a friend 

You can tell whether a link in email will take you to a genuine website, for example belonging to a bank, without risk, by: 

• pointing to the link without clicking

• deleting the email 

• replying to the email 

• clicking on the link 

Hacking is illegal under: 

• The Data Protection Act 

• The Computer Misuse Act

• Copyright Law

• Health and Safety Law

Gaining unauthorised access to someone else’s computer files is known as: 

• copyright infringement 

• hacking

• virus attack

• data theft

You receive a desperate plea for help from a friend who says they are stuck overseas and all their money has been stolen. You should:

• reply to the email   

• delete the email

• send some money

• forward the email to a mutual friend

You can protect yourself against spam or fraudulent emails by: 

• using a spam filter 

• never clicking on links that you are suspicious of 

• being aware of different types of fraudulent email 

• all three

Under the Computer Misuse Act, it is illegal to: 

• look at someone else’s computer files without permission 

• look at someone else’s computer files without permission with intent to commit a criminal offence

• change data on someone else’s computer files without permission 

• all three

Hackers

• will destroy your computer hardware 

• are rarely able to steal personal data  

• sometimes steal passwords so they can access your online account

• can only steal one password at a time