Discuss about the Doing Ethics Technique.
Doing Ethics Technique
Doing ethics technique is an important tool that helps in finding the non-ethical and ethical issues related to certain scenario. The researchers are encouraged by the technique in order to provide answers to simple questions. This will be helpful in finding all the answers related to that incident. The process related to doing ethics technique get started by finding the basic information related to the incident, followed by answering some of the questions. The questions aimed at revealing the correct nature of the incident. The researcher reveals the ethical dilemma that is related with the incident.
The doing ethics technique is used by the researcher for analyzing the true nature of the incident that was hosted by the online new source https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/cybercrime-hacking-computer-viruses-online-fraud-ons/. The finding of the particular scenario is discussed in the essay.
Scenario
Incident
The incident that is being discussed was reported by a news website https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/cybercrime-hacking-computer-viruses-online-fraud-ons/. The article was titled, as “4 million brits are victim of hacking, viruses, online fraud (Ars, 2016). The news was published on 27th July. The news article describes the experience of cybercrime in England and Wales. The incident occurred with the new government that suggests that there were 4 million brits of victims due to hacking, fraud cases and viruses. The incident in England and Wales created a number of ethical issues. There were more than 2.5 million cases of cybercrime are related with bank and credit accounts. During that period 2.5 million of crimes are related with non- investment frauds. Non- investment frauds includes cases of online shopping or computer service calls.
Performing DET on the Basis of the Article
The incident of cybercrime in Australia and Wales has affected 4 millions of brits. The incident of cybercrimes occurs due to the new government. The incident revealed that there were 4 million of brits, who have suffered due to fraud cases, hacking and viruses (Guha & Hyder, 2016). The incident creates number of ethical dilemma.
What are the Facts?
The incident reveals that 4 million people have suffered due to the cybercrime in Australia and Wales (Riek et al., 2016).The hackers targeted the restaurants and airports of Australia for hacking the process used by the hacker is unauthorized access of software or by copying the data and information. The incident reveals that around 1.2 million of people suffered due to fraud cases.
Internet helps to run gamut from credit card which is utilize by the hackers for capturing the data of the brits. Around 2.5 million of crimes are related with non- investment frauds. Non- investment frauds includes cases of online shopping or computer service calls. Many well-known organizations of Australia suffered due to hacking (Johnson, 2016).The personal data of the organizations are hacked as a result privacy of the company remains in danger. The viruses damage files delete folders, erase hard drive etc.
Ethical and Non- Ethical Issues Related with Cybercrime
The hackers have an unauthorized access for hacking the private data and information of many restaurants and airports, which is an ethical issue. The restaurants and airports of Australia lose its personal data. It is revealed from the incident that 1.2 million of brits suffered due to fraud investment. All this issues are regarded as ethical issues.
Many companies of Australia tried their best to avoid cybercrime. The companies use hacking system for detecting the software or the hackers (Lee, 2016). The companies made unauthorized access but it is regarded as the non-ethical issue. This is because the action is taken for the welfare of the organization.
Who is Affected?
Due to the incident of cybercrime in Australia, almost 4 million of brits suffered due to unethical hacking and fraud cases. Around 1.2 million of people suffered due to fraud investment. The organization of Australia faces huge challenges in order to minimize the cases of cybercrime (Lee, 2016). The companies of Australia started using preventive measures. The people who suffered the most are the brits.
What are the Ethical Issues and its Implications?
The personal data of many restaurants, airports and organizations have been hacked by the hackers. The brits suffered a lot. The organizations of Australia and Wales lose all its personal data related to business ( Thakuriah et al., 2016).The banks of Australia have suffered mostly due to fraud investment. Fraud investment not only occurs in bank but all also in shopping malls. The annual revenue of the organization decreases.
What can be done about it?
The government must take strict rules against cyber crime. The organizations and airport must take proper steps for maintaining their privacy. The airports and bank must take proper steps for protecting the personal data of the customers. The customers must also protect their identity and they must be cautious before providing their personal data (Saridakis et al., 2016). The customers must check the websites before providing their personal data including name, phone number, financial information and many more.
What are the options?
The Australian government must take proper steps for avoiding cyber crime in the country. There are some rules that can be implemented in order to minimize the incidents that occur due to cyber crime. The rules include:
- Since most of the transactions in Australia are online. The banks and shopping malls should use secure computer that should detect the cyber criminals.
- The brits must check the website before providing their personal data including financial information.
Conclusion
It is concluded that that the use of DET technique is selected for revealing the true nature of the incident beside unearthing the fact that cybercrime in Australia have impacted 4 million brits. The details of the incident are provided along with all the discussions. It is analyzed that cybercrime in Australia can be minimized if proper steps should be taken against it.
References
Ars Technica UK. (2016). Cybercrime: 4 million Brits are victims of hacking, viruses, online fraud. [online] Available at: https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/cybercrime-hacking-computer-viruses-online-fraud-ons/[Accessed 6 Aug. 2016].
Guha, S. K., & Hyder, M. N. A. CYBER CRIME AND THE IMPACT OF THE ICT ACT, 2006: AN ANALYSIS.
Johnson, M. (2016). Cyber Crime, Security and Digital Intelligence. Routledge.
Lee, J. K. (2016). Invited Commentary—Reflections on ICT-enabled Bright Society Research. Information Systems Research, 27(1), 1-5.
Lee, Jae Kyu. "Invited Commentary—Reflections on ICT-enabled Bright Society Research." Information Systems Research 27, no. 1 (2016): 1-5.
Riek, M., Bohme, R., & Moore, T. (2016). Measuring the influence of perceived cybercrime risk on online service avoidance. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 13(2), 261-273.
Saridakis, G., Benson, V., Ezingeard, J. N., & Tennakoon, H. (2016). Individual information security, user behaviour and cyber victimisation: An empirical study of social networking users. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 320-330.
Thakuriah, P., Dirks, L., & Keita, Y. (2016). Emerging urban digital infomediaries and civic hacking in an era of big data and open data initiatives.
