Across
- 2. Unwanted email, usually of a commercial nature, sent out in bulk to an indiscriminate set of recipients.
- 4. A person who posts inflammatory, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers.
- 5. A category of software designed to cause harm to your computer.
- 7. An attempt to trick people into visiting malicious websites by sending emails or other messages which pretend to come from banks or online shops.
- 9. When the Internet, mobile phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass or harm another person.
Down
- 1. A general term for a program that secretly monitors your actions online.
- 3. A hostile and insulting interaction between internet users. It usually occurs in discussion boards.
- 6. An act of deliberately irritating and harassing other players during an online game.
- 7. A method by which scammers try to get personal/private information from users by directing them to false – or ‘spoof’ – websites which look legitimate in the user's browser.
- 8. A slang term used to describe illegal access of computer systems by unauthorized users.