ds of 300 - 1000+ of pirated softwareopen for anyone to take. This is a problem and nothing can really be doneabout it. Few arrests are made in this area of computer crime. I will now devote a brief section to the above mentioned BBS' , mostare legal and do nothing wrong. However there are many more that do acceptpirated software, pornographic pictures, animations , and texts. As well asa trading area for phone codes, other BBS', Credit Card numbers, etc. Thisis where a majority of Hackers and Phreaks come, as well as those whocontinue to pirate software come to meet and share stories. In this is anew world, where you can do anything, there are groups that get, crack, andcourier software all over the world some of them are called: INC:International Network Of Crackers, THG: The Humble Guys, TDT: The DreamTeam. As well a number of other groups have followed suit such asPhalcon/SKISM (Smart Kids Into Sick Methods), NuKE, and YAM (YoungstersAgainst McAfee) these are virus groups who write and courier their workanywhere they can, they just send it somewhere, where anyone can take itand use it in any manner they wish, such as getting even with someone. Allof these activities are illegal but nothing can be done, the people runningthese boards know what they are doing. As it stands right now, the BBSworld is in two parts Pirating and the Underground, which consists ofHackers/Phreaks/Anarchists/Carders(Credit Card Fraud)/Virus programmers.All have different boards and offer a variety of information on virtuallyany subject. Well from all of this reading you just did you should have a fairlygood idea of what computer crime is. I didn't mention it in the sectionsbut the police, phone companies are arresting and stopping alot of thingsevery day. With the new technology today it is easier to catch thesecriminals then it was before. With the exception of the BBS' the policehave made some major blows busting a few BBS', arresting hack...
