I say computer crime but I think I mean from a troll or cyber stalk type of stance.
I'm trying to be a bit vague so only going into basics.(and its not me doing this I'm just using me as its easier to type like that)
If I fell out with someone whom I had never met would it be a crime to do odd things like try and data mine information about them and members of their family including children and set up a social media page to invite people to post offensive or unplesant messages about them.
If the person I fell out with had a different surname to her children and grandchildren and always had but I was able (somehow) to obtain the details of every name they and she had ever been known by and every business they had been involved in, and posted all their home addresses online. Matching people by using friends lists ect and posting all the details I was able to find along with their pictures despite all the grandchildren and two of the people not using their real names on any social meda.
An example of this would be
(Picture) this is Freda blenkinsop she works here she lives here and she is carol smiths daughter,
Picture this is erol spencer he is 14 so does not work he lives here he is her grandson
Picture this is frank he works here lives here and is her son
Picture this is Cheryl we don't yet know where she lives but she's another daughter (this one was wrong and is no relation at all) here are a few newspaper articles about her (the articles were not actually her) here is her business page.
Two of the people who have had these personal details posted work in the type of jobs where it would be an issue if their home details were known by not very civilised types. This information is known by the people doing it and so far is a source of great amusement.
One of the people posted about is in hiding due to a very significant DV situation and as a result of it so far has had to be moved 3 times.
Every single posting about each person is followed by hundreds of nasty personal comments some quite offensive some just unpleasant.one of the people whose details are posted has a significant disability and loads of the comments are piss takes about the disability.
And every single one is accompanied by a request for other people to find more information.
Screen shots exist of everything.
If it is a crime,how do you go about getting the police to take it seriously.
Obviously the groups have been reported to the social media.weirdly how they are going through there pages ect I don't know as the security settings are private and even friends can't see friends lists
I have name changed for this post and am not very great about remembering to change again after changing back so if I don't post often it's because of that.