II. Read and translate the international words

controller, system, aero plane, passenger, specific, act, criminal, safe, special, confidential, nature, public, hacking, material, section, modification, disc, virus, physical, component

 

III. Read and translate the information using the vocabulary

 

IV. Translate the verbs, give the three forms

use, suggest, commit, hack, cause, crash, relate, set out, design, protect, safeguard, intend, authorize, keep, destroy, deserve, realize, concern, prohibit, see, find, contain, obtain, modify, aim, alter, corrupt, define, include, remove, add, erase, appear, cover, send, damage, change

V. Give Russian equivalents

commit a crime, hack into computer system, with the intent, not surprisingly, relate to, recent creations, set out, protect information, particular reasons, criminal law, authorized people, can be kept, secure place, ease of destroying or corrupting data, deserves protection, gaining unauthorized access, offence is committed, deception or theft, a defendant, obtaining property, will be guilty, alter computer data, to corrupt a program, removal of a program, erasing data, adding to the contents, to damage the working, to be guilty of criminal damage of computers

 

VI. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms

1. access a. act

1. crash b. alter
2. destroy c. break
3. gain d. corrupt
4. guilty e. crime
5. information f. data
6. intent g. defendant
7. keep h. entry
8. modify i. erase
9. murder j. killing
10. offence k. not allow
11. particular l. obtain
12. prohibit m. safeguard
13. protect n. secure
14. realize o. specific
15. remove p. store
16. safe q. understand
17. statute r. wish

VII. Grammar revision. Translate the sentences into Russian

1. It is suggested that one could commit murder by computer if one hacked into an air-traffic controller’s computer system and caused aero planes to crash, with the intent to kill the passengers.

2. It is said to be very hard to safeguard information stored on a computer.

3. It is not always possible for the owner of the computer to realize that the data have been looked at.

4. It is possible to be guilty of criminal damage of computers if there has been а physical change to some components of the computer.

VIII. Answer about the article

1. In what way can one commit a murder in air-traffic?
2. What is the Computer Misuse Act 1990?
3. Why does the information need protection by the criminal law?
4. What is “hacking”?
5. When is the offence committed?
6. What is the most common example of the offence?
7. Is modifying computer material a crime?
8. How is modification defined?
9. What does a disc with a virus do?

 

IX. Insert prepositions

1. It is suggested that one could commit murder … computer if one hacked … an air-traffic controller’s computer system.
2. Some specific computer crimes are set … … the Computer Misuse Act.

3. Such information needs protection … the criminal law.

4. … contrast information … paper can be kept … a safe or other secure place.

5. It is not always possible … the owner of the computer to realize that the data have been looked …

6. The act prohibits “hacking”, i.e. gaining unauthorized access … computer material.

7. The Act also contains a more serious offence of doing this … the intent to commit another offence.

8. A defendant who obtained data which he intended to use in the future to commit an offence … obtaining property … deception will still be guilty … the more serious offence.

9. There is also an offence … modifying computer material … an unauthorized way.

10. This section is clearly aimed … people who alter computer data … intent to corrupt a program.

11. The intent does not need to be direct … any particular computer or data.

12. Modification is defined as including removal … any program or data on a computer and includes adding … the contents or erasing them.

13. Temporary modification is sending someone a disc … a virus on it that was intended to damage the working of the computer.

14. It is possible to be guilty … criminal damage …computers.