Define and give an example of three types of cybercrime

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Cyber theft constitutes the use of cyber space either to distribute illegal goods and services or to defraud people for quick profits as is seen in identity theft or Internet securities fraud. Cyber vandalism is the use of cyber space for revenge, for destruction, or to achieve malicious ends as seen in worms, viruses, and cyber stalking and bullying. Cyber war is an effort by enemy forces to disrupt the intersection where the virtual electronic reality of computers meets the physical world. An example of this type of war would be the use of the Internet to communicate covertly with agents around the world.

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