Computer abuse and computer crime as organizational activities
Rob Kling · ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society · 1981
Most analysts of computer crime emphasize the extent to which automated data systems are vulnerable to large scale thefts See e.g men, Guide to Computer Systems, 53 Hakv.Bus.Rev., July-Aug 1975 at 75, Klmg, EFTS.Social and Technical Issues, 7Computers &Soc'y, FaU 1976, at 3, Khng, Valw Con flicts and Social Choice inElectronic Funds Transfer System Developments, 21 Com.ACM 642 (1978)-D.Parker, Crime by Computer (1976), Parker, Vulnerabihttes of efts to Intentionally Caused Losses, 22 Com.ACM 654 (1979), T. Wh^eside Com puter Capers-Tales of Electronic Thievery , Embezzlement and Fraud (1978).However, there is some good evidence that the"typical" reported computer cnme en-teUs losses of several thousands of dollars, rather than several hun^ds of th°"sands of dollars.See Taber, ASurvey of Computer Crime Studies, 2 Comp^r/L.J. 275 (1980), C. Sartorius &S: Lam, Computer Crime and Abuse: Sources of Data and the Magnitude ofReported Events (Mar. 1980