Terminology of Cyber Crimes(Part-II)
Theft Identifying
It is dealt within Section 66 C inserted by IT (Amendment ) Act 2009 which states that "Whoever , fraudulently or dishonesty makes use of the electronic signature, password or any other unique identification feature of any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine 1 Lakh Rupees."Section 416 may apply.
The major identify theft occurs in 4 forms - financial, criminal, commercial and identity cloning.Dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, punishing are always under the identify theft.Phishing involves criminals attempting to lure individuals through spoof emails to log on to a fake website and part with credit card and other sensitive information.
