Post by Ching Wen, 7 July 09 @ 5:50 pm

Review on a post on Legal from E-Commerce blog (http://ecommerze.blogspot.com/search/label/Legal)


From the Legal post in E-Commerze blog, there is an interesting topic which captured my attention. The title is “identity theft: cases on stolen laptops, hacking and lost CD”. The blogger shares seven cases on stolen laptops and hacking systems which are mostly in the United States from the month of August 2006 to May 2007. There are four cases involving laptops stolen from cars and house break-ins, 2 other cases from hacking the systems server and one involving the lost of CD.

Stolen laptops have been a great issue for UTAR students when they experience break-ins in at their Sg.Long rented apartments and housing areas. The information stored inside the laptop will be violated as the laptop is stolen and any personal and confidential data kept can be used to carry out fraud or blackmail.



For example, recently, one of the Hong Kong actors’s lost his laptop and all his private information had been disclosed to the public, which had cause a lot of controversy and inconvenience towards him. The poor guy was even blackmailed for money as exchange for his valuable information. To avoid this scenario from happening, the public should always ensure that their laptops are password-oriented, recommended alpha-numeric type. Furthermore, they should ensure that the information or data kept in their laptops are encrypted. One of the main reasons for laptop theft is due to the user’s lack of awareness as they leave their laptops in their car booths and unattended while they perform other tasks.

Another legal consideration is due to system hacking. This is a popular strategy used to access private data of an organization. For example, when a hacker hacks the organization’s system, it will cause their server to break down for several hours. This will cause the organization to be unable to continue their operation as normal and the business of the organization can only continue when the server has recovered from the hacking. In order to prevent a system hacking action, an organization has to ensure their server is password-protected and is regularly updated.

Theft of CDs is an important issue in the business environment, just as it is in the universities. Information placed on a CD can contribute to plagiarism of others work. In one of the cases mentioned by the writer of the blog, information on a CD can consists of the names, social security number, and member identification, which can provide outsiders with the ability to use the information stored on the CD. This will cause identity theft and abuse.
If the government implements legal laws on system hacking, theft of laptops and lost of CDs, we believe the percentage of the crime can and will be reduced.

3 comments:

Good review!

is interesting~

It's quite an extensive review that covers many aspects of legal issues .. real life example showing violation of private information is a good way to capture readers attention and make them have the interest to continue reading =)

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