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Australian crime : facts and figures 2004

Cybercrime

Note: These data are indicative only as the sample is not necessarily representative. Caution therefore should be taken when using the following statistics. See the chapter text for further information.

Figure 47: Number of incidents by type, 2004

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IOT - Interception of telecommunications (voice or data)
TBPCI - Theft/breach of proprietary or confidential information
UAPII - Unauthorised access to privileged information by insider
TOCH - Theft of other computer hardware or devices
DNPAHS - Degradation of network performance associated with heavy scanning

Source: AusCERT 2004. Australian computer crime and security survey 2004. Brisbane: AusCERT. <http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=2001>

What this chart shows

  • The type of incident reported to have occurred with the greatest frequency was a virus/worm/trojan infection, with 200 occurrences.
  • The least frequent incident to occur was interception of telecommunications (voice or data), with only two incidents recorded.

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