Define computer crime. Provide 2 examples of crime in which computers are targets and two examples in which computers are used as instruments of crime.

Computer crime is defined as any violations of criminal law that involve knowledge of computer technology for their perpetration, investigation, or prosecution (U.S. Department of Justice). The example of crime in which computers are targets are accessing a computer system without authority and breaching the confidentiality of protected computerized data. The examples of computers are used as instruments of crime are theft of trade secrets and transmitting or processing child pornography using a computer.