Why are cybercrimes a security concern?

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What will be an ideal response?

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Cybercrime or cyberterrorism includes such activities as identity theft, attacks against computer data and systems, the distribution of child sexual abuse images, Internet auction fraud, and the penetration of online financial services, as well as the deployment of viruses, botnets, and various e-mail scams such as phishing. The most challenging and potentially disastrous type of cybercrime—actually, cyberespionage—now being perpetrated against the United States is by Chinese hackers, who are estimated to be responsible for the theft of 50 to 80 percent of all American intellectual property and have compromised many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapon systems, including missile defense technology and combat aircraft. China's computer hacking targets also include corporate and business secrets, and there are also concerns about threats posed to U.S. nuclear reactors, banks, subways, and pipeline companies.