Running Head: EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERCRIME RATES 1
How the Evolution of Technology Has Increased Cybercrime Rates
Angela Burnham
American National University
6 weeks
Running Head: EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERCRIME RATES 2
ABSTRACT
This paper explores the evolution of technology, including the introduction of the Internet and
how both these advances have introduced cybercrime. We cover a brief history of the
introduction of personal computers, as well as a brief history of the Internet and what lead us to
the point of the World Wide Web. The paper then delves into the depths of cybercrimes,
including the definition of cybercrimes and examples of the types of crimes that are committed.
EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERCRIMES RATES 3
How the Evolution of Technology Has Increased Cybercrime Rates
Crime has always been an issue in society, from the dawn of civilized society and
beforehand, crime has been present. With the introduction of technology, and that technology
being brought into society for public use cybercrime was established. As technology has evolved
through the years, cybercrime has done so as well. With the crime rates rising, and technology
steadily evolving, our judicial system has taken the necessary steps it needed to in order to
prevent and punish those that have committed these crimes.
Introducing the Internet
The first system, the 200A Audio Oscillator, was introduced in 1939 when David Packard
and Bill Hewlett founded their company in a garage in Palo Alto, California. These systems were
commonly used among engineers and those like Walt Disney who bought 8 of the 200B models
to test recording equipment and speaker systems for the 12 specially equipped theatres
[ CITATION Com16 \l 1033 ]. 34 years later François Gernelle developed and introduced the
Micral N, which was the first computer to meet the criteria for a personal computer [ CITATION
Geo16 \l 1033 ]. Now that personal computers were becoming more and more present amongst
consumers the need arose for ways to communicate through these systems, thus the introduction
of the internet.
Modern day Internet was invented in 1990 by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee
[ CITATION Eva13 \l 1033 ]. However, Berners-Lee was not the first to think of ways that
would enhance our ability to communicate with those that weren’t physically in our presence. In
1957 the USSR launched Sputnik, a satellite that would permanently change the world. In
response to Sputnik, America created NASA which lead to the introduction of Advanced
Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). On August 30, 1969, under the direction of the
