Cybercrime

2. the crime of getting money by deceiving people
3. unwanted email, usually advertisements (4)
5. the act of illegally copying a program, music, a film etc. and selling it (6)
8. the act of breaking a law, promise agreement or relationship
11. a new window that opens on a computer screen in front of what you are working on (3,2)
12. the act of using messages on social networking sites, emails, text messages etc. to frighten or upset someone (13)
13. a computer program that can copy itself, intended to prevent the computer from working normally (5)
14. the activity of tricking people by getting them to share information online and then using it to steal from them (8)
15. a person who deceives others and tricks them out of money/assets (3,6)
16. software designed to damage the way a computer works (7)
17. to search many different places in order to find something you want (5)

1. software that enables someone to obtain secret information about another person without their knowledge (7)
2. a part of a computer system that prevents people from receiving information via the internet without permission (8)
4. an illegal plan to make money that involves tricking people (4)
6. the illegal use of another person's personal details to steal from them (8,5)
7. the legal right to control the production and sale of something (9)
9. the act of using a computer to access information stored on another system without permission or to spread a virus (7)
10. a copy of something, often intended to be amusing (5)