This is an article about the security concerning about new media from around the world, hacking and stealing of information through new media, and how serious the issues are.
There has been a significant increasing sign of usage of new media technology. However, due to the introduction of new media and access to it, along with the growing number of cyber-crimes, security concerns over new media have increased as well.
Internet frauds were also found to be increasing massively. An internet fraud is a dishonest misrepresentation of fact intended to induce another to do or refrain from doing something which causes loss. These are also known to include bank fraud, identity theft, extortion, and theft of classified information(Csonka, 2000)
Data, especially personal information about people, is stored on computers and the internet at financial institutions and government institutions. “Hackers can easily hack into people’s personal information through new media.”
Thieves, or terrorists, may steal a person’s identity and commit a crime. Later, the innocent person, whose identity was stolen will have to face the consequences instead, and will fall into trouble which may ruin his/her entire life. Thieves may also hack into someone’s bank account and transfer all the available funds in that account to his/her own account or may just use the hard-earned money available in that account to buy something. These are serious issues to be considered about new media.
This is also why we must be careful, especially when the server ask for our identity information. You never know that someone might use your personal information for their own beneficial uses.
Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media#National_security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrime#Fraud
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