After practicals, Atharv left the computer laboratory but forgot to sign off from his email account.

Q. After practicals, Atharv left the computer laboratory but forgot to sign off from his email account. Later, his classmate Revaan started using the same computer. He is now logged in as Atharv. He sends inflammatory email messages to few of his classmates using Atharv’s email account. Revaan’s activity is an example of which of the following cyber crime? Justify your answer.

a) Hacking

b) Identity theft

c) Cyber bullying

d) Plagiarism

Answer :-

(b) Identity theft

• Because Revaan’s use Atharv’s email account without Atharv’s permission and he sends inflammatory email messages to few of his classmates using Atharv’s email account which is not good manners of user.