Which of the following are the two essential features of cyber crime?

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Correct — B, offender computer skills and victim ignorance of computer technology. The commission's key treats cyber crime as an interaction between two people: an offender who has enough technical/computer skill to exploit a system, and a victim who typically does not understand the technology well enough to protect themselves. Frauds like phishing, OTP scams and identity theft succeed precisely on this asymmetry — a skilled offender preying on an unaware victim. So these two — offender's skill and victim's ignorance — are the pairing the key marks as the essential features.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This describes the setting of cyber crime — a computer as the tool and a virtual, intangible space — rather than the offender-versus-victim pairing the commission's key names as the two essential features. It is the academically-worded trap, but not the marked answer.  (c) These are the parts that make up a computer, not features that define a crime.  (d) These are types of people/actors, not 'features' of the crime itself.

Concept: Cyber crime is any offence committed using a computer, a network or the internet — from hacking and data theft to online fraud and defamation. What makes it distinctive is the gap between the two parties: the offender is technically capable, while the victim is often unaware of how the technology can be misused. That imbalance, rather than any physical weapon or location, is what enables the crime.

State PCS 2018 Q79 — Science & Technology PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2018 Q79 — Science & Technology PYQ with Answer