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  3. New and bizarre crimes have come into being with the advent of computer technology. Organized crime has been directly involved;

New and bizarre crimes have come into being with the advent of computer technology. Organized crime has been directly involved;

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问题     New and bizarre crimes have come into being with the advent of computer technology. Organized crime has been directly involved; the new technology offers it unlimited opportunities, such as data crimes, theft of services, property-related crimes, industrial sabotage, politically related sabotage, vandalism, crimes against the individual and financially related crimes...
    Theft of data, or data crime, has attracted the interest of organized criminal syndicates. This is usually the theft or copying of valuable computer program. An international market already exists for computerized data, and specialized fences are said to be playing a key role in this rapidly expanding criminal market. Buyers for stolen programs may range from a firm’s competitors to foreign nations.
    A competitor sabotages a company’s computer system to destroy or cripple the firm’s operational ability, thus neutralizing its competitive capability either in the private or the government sector. This computer sabotage may also be tied to an attempt by affluent investors to acquire the victim firm. With the growing reliance by firms on computers for their recordkeeping and daily operations, sabotage of their computers can result in internal havoc, after which the group interested in acquiring the firm can easily buy it at a substantially lower price. Criminal groups could also resort to sabotage if the company is a competitor of a business owned or controlled by organized crime.
    Politically motivated sabotage is on the increase; political extremist groups have sprouted on every continent. Sophisticated computer technology arms these groups with awesome powers and opens technologically advanced nations to their attack. Several attempts have already been made to destroy computer facility at an air force base. A university computer facility involved in national defence work suffered more than $2 million in damages as a result of a bombing.
    Computer vulnerability has been amply documented. One congressional study concluded that neither government nor private computer systems are adequately protected against sabotage. Organized criminal syndicates have shown their willingness to work with politically motivated groups. Investigators have uncovered evidence of cooperation between criminal groups and foreign governments in narcotics. Criminal groups have taken attempts in assassinating political leaders... Computers are used in hospital life-support system, in laboratories, and in major surgery. Criminals could easily turn these computers into tools of devastation. By sabotaging the computer of a life-support system, criminals could kill an individual as easily as they had used a gun. By manipulating a computer, they could guide awesome tools of terror against large urban centers. Cities and nations could become hostages. Homicide could take a now form. The computer may become the hit man of the twentieth century.
    The computer opens vast areas of crime to organized criminal groups, both national and international. It calls on them to pool their resources and increase their cooperative efforts, because many of these crimes are too complex for one group to handle, especially those requiring a vast network of fences. Although criminals have adapted to computer technology, law enforcement has not. Many still think in terms of traditional criminology.
What is the purpose of a competitor to sabotage a company’s computer?
选项 A、His purpose is to destroy or weaken the firm’s operational ability.
B、His purpose is to weaken the firm’s competitive capability and get it.
C、His purpose is to buy the rival’s company at a relatively low price.
D、His purpose is to steal important data.
答案B
解析 他的目的是削弱公司竞争力进而得到它。从第三段第二句起This computersabotage may also be tied to an attempt by affluent investors to acquire the victimfirm．With the growing reliance by firms on computers for their recordkeepingand daily operations，sabotage of their computers can result in internal havoc，after which the group interested in acquiring the firm can easily buy it at a substantially lower price．计算机破坏可以和富裕的投资者欲得到竞争对手的公司的企图相联系。随着公司对计算机记录存储和日常运行的信赖性加强，破坏他们的计算机可以造成内部大破坏。之后，对收购这个公司感兴趣的集团很容易以极低的价格买进它。A项削弱公司运转能力，C项在相当低的价格上买进对手的公司，这两个选项都只是破坏目的的一个方面。D项偷窃重要资料，文内没有讲到。
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