• Community Safety Dept. Cyber Crime Control Division
  • 2020.09.14
  • Content number404

"Cyber crime" refers to crimes that abuse computer and telecommunications technologies.

The type is

  1. Violation of the illegal access prohibition law
  2. Offenses relating to electromagnetic records recorded in fraudulent orders and crimes involving computers and electromagnetic records
  3. Other cyber crimes

there is.

Illustration: PC

As an example,

  • I tampered with online terminals such as financial institutions and transferred deposits from someone else's account to my account without permission.
  • The homepage data stored on the server computer was rewritten without permission.
  • A file infected with a computer virus was sent intentionally, making the other computer unusable.
  • Using bulletin boards on the Internet, they posted obscene images and sold illegal products such as firearms, stimulants, child pornography, and fake brand goods.
  • They used Internet auctions and bulletin boards to buy and sell money from successful bidders.
  • An obscene video was placed on a server computer connected to the Internet and was viewed by many people.
  • Using the Internet, mobile phone bulletin boards, and websites, slandered individuals and corporations, defaming, hindering business, and threatening others.
  • Connection (illegal access) using the ID and password of another person without permission.
  • Attacks computer security holes (information security flaws caused by program defects or design errors) on a computer network and gains unauthorized access to the computer.
  • A third party was taught or sold without the consent of the other person's ID and password (act to promote unauthorized access).

And so on.

Cyber crime case in the prefecture

  • Suspected cases of violation of the illegal access prohibition law and fraud by Chinese criminal organizations gained unauthorized access to other people's point card services, etc., pretending to be their own points, and deceived products at convenience stores.
  • A suspect who violated the copyright law using an Internet auction sold figures that were modified without permission from the copyright holder using an Internet auction site.

statistics

Number of Cybercrime Arrests by Akita Prefectural Police
Sin name Reiwa 2 years (as of the end of January) YoY
Violation of the illegal access prohibition law 0 0
Computers / Electromagnetic Records Offenses 0 0
scam 0 0
Violation of the Law on Child Prostitution and Child Pornography 1 +1
Obscenity distribution, etc. 0 0
Copyright law violation 0 -3
Violation of trademark law 0 0
Other 0 -1
(Total) Arrests 1 -3
(Total) Arrested personnel 1 -2

* The values in Reiwa 2 are provisional values, not final values.

Past cybercrime arrests
Sin name Heisei
27 years
Heisei
28 years
Heisei
29 years
Heisei
30 years
Violation of the illegal access prohibition law Two 1 0 Two 27
Computers / Electromagnetic Records Offenses 1 1 1 Three 1
Other cyber crimes 51 44 60 57 65
total 54 46 61 62 93

About Internet Hotline Center

Internet Hotline Center

The Internet Hotline Center (IHC) accepts information on illegal and harmful information on the Internet. The information received is reviewed by the IHC and reported to the police.
See the IHC website for examples of illegal and harmful information that can be received.

What is Cyber Patrol

Cyber patrol refers to patrols conducted on the Internet, and refers to activities to grasp illegal and harmful information by browsing websites and electronic bulletin boards.

Cyber patrol

What is the Akita Cyber Security Liaison Council?

The Akita Cyber Crime Prevention Liaison Council was established in 2000 with the aim of contributing to the safe living of prefectural citizens in a networked society, working to exchange information to prevent cyber crime damage.
It is composed of 45 companies, providers, national and local governments, and other organizations and organizations that support the purpose of the Society.
Its main activities include sharing information security measures through general meetings and workshops, and conducting publicity awareness activities to prevent cybercrime damage.
The council is continuously looking for local governments and companies that can support the activities.

Contact us about this page

Community Safety Dept. Cyber Crime Control Division