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The difference between cybersecurity and cybercrime, and why it matters

  • Written by Roderick S. Graham, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Old Dominion University
imageConfidence scams carried out online are still rampant.R. Stevens/CREST Research, CC BY-NC-SA

A Texas woman in her 50s, let’s call her “Amy,” met a man online calling himself “Charlie.” Amy, who lived in Texas, was in a bad marriage. Charlie said he was a businessman and a Christian, and wooed her. “He was saying...

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