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1、Inmanybusinesses,computershavelargelyreplacedpaperwork Inmanybusinesses,computershavelargelyreplacedpaperwork,becausetheyarefast,flexible,anddonotmakemistakes.Asonebankersaid,“Unlikehumans,computersneverhaveabadday.”Andtheyarehonest.Manybanksadvertisethattheirtransactionsare“Untouchedb
2、yhumanhands”andthereforesafefromhumantemptation.Obviously,computershavenoreasontostealmoney.Buttheyalsohavenoconscience,andthegrowingnumberofcomputercrimesshowstheycanbeusedtosteal. Computercriminalsdon’tuseguns.Andeveniftheyarecaught,itishardtopunishthembecausetherearenowitnessandofte
3、nnoevidence.Acomputercannotrememberwhousedit:itsimplydoeswhatitistold.TheheadtellerataNewYorkbankusedacomputertostealmorethanoneandahalfbilliondollarsinjustfouryears.Noonenoticedthistheftbecausehemovedthemoneyfromoneaccounttoanother.Eachtimeacustomerhehadrobbedquestionedthebalanceinhisa
4、ccount,thetellerclaimedacomputererror,thenreplacedthemissingmoneyfromsomeoneelse’saccount.Thismanwascaughtonlybecausehewasagambler.Whenthepolicebrokeupanillegalgamblingoperation,hisnamewasintherecords. Someemployeesusethecomputer’spowertogetrevengeontheiremployerstheyconsiderunfair.Rec
5、ently,alargeinsurancecompanyfireditscomputer-tapelibrarianforreasonsthatinvolvedherpersonalratherthanherprofessionallife.Shewasgiventhirtydaysnotice.Inthosethirtydays,sheerasedallthefirm’scomputerizedrecords. Mostcomputercriminalshavebeenminoremployees.Nowpolicewonderifthisis“thetipoft
6、heiceberg”.Asoneofficialsays,“Ihavethefeelingthatthereismorecrimeouttherethanwearecatching.Whatweareseeingnowisallsopoorlydone.Iwonderwhattherealexpertsaredoing—theoneswhoknowhowacomputerworks.” 81.Whyaretransactionsinmanybanksclaimedtobesafe(Nomorethan7words) ________________________
7、_________________________________________________ 82.HowdidtheheadtellerattheNewYorkbankcovereduphiscrime(Nomorethan8words) _________________________________________________________________________ 83.Accordingtothelastparagraph,whatkindofcriminalsarethepoliceunabletocatch