Cyber Stalking~~

"Cyberstalking is a technologically-based “attack” on one person who has been targeted specifically for that attack for reasons of anger, revenge or control..." quoted from Alexis A. Moore in the article 'What is Cyberstalking?'.

The various forms of Cyberstalking includes:

(a)harassment, embarrassment and humiliation of the victim
(b)emptying bank accounts or other economic control such as ruining the victim's credit score
(c)harassing family, friends and employers to isolate the victim
scare tactics to instill fear and more.
(d)The term can also apply to a “traditional” stalker who uses technology to trace and locate their victim and their movements more easily (e.g. using Facebook notifications to know what party they are attending).

A true cyberstalker’s intent is to harm their intended victim using the anonymity and untraceable distance of technology. In many situations, the victims never discover the identity of the cyberstalkers who hurt them, despite their lives being completely upended by the perpetrator. In relation to domestic violence, Cyberstalking is a way to continue to maintain rigid control and instill fear into a domestic partner, even when one has already left the relationship.

Some Statistics Of This Threat!!!

(a)More than one million women and 370,000 men are stalked annually in the United States.
(b)In year 2008, 9.3 million Americans were victims of identity theft.
(c)One and a half million of those reporting identity thefts in 2004 also reported that they suffered from domestic abuse and harassment from their exes.
(d)In United States the figures show most stalkers to be male by overwhelming margins (87 percent).

Posted by ahkeenz at 6:08 PM