Online safety

Cybercrime activities

• The following are examples of some of the cybercrime threats that exist on the internet:
  
  

  • Theft of personal information (aka phishing)
  • Hacking of passwords to access personal information
  • Installing infected programmes / files onto your computer or mobile device
  • Cyberbullying
  • Accessing illegal material on the internet.

  
  

  The Zambian government takes cybercrime very seriously. In 2021 they passed the cybercrimes Act. Have a quick look at the Act below. 

• Government Printer Zambia. (2021). The cybercrime security and cybercimes Act File 192KB

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  Let's explore each of these threats in further detail and find out how best we can protect ourselves from such threats.