Cybercrime Overtakes Traditional Crime In UK, Says Report (krebsonsecurity.com) 24
An anonymous reader writes from a report via Krebs On Security: A new report from the nation's National Crime Agency (NCA) warns that cybercrime has now surpassed all other forms of crime in the United Kingdom. "Cyber enabled fraud" was found to make up 36 percent of all crime reported, with "computer misuse" accounting for 17 percent. The report calls for stronger law enforcement and business partnership to fight cybercrime. One explanation for the growth of cybercrime reports in the U.K. may be that the Brits are getting better at tracking it. The report notes that the U.K. Office of National Statistics only began including cybercrime for the first time last year in its annual Crime Survey for England and Wales. "The ONS estimated that there were 2.46 million cyber incidents and 2.11 million victims of cybercrime in the U.K. in 2015," the report's authors wrote. "These figures highlight the clear shortfall in established reporting, with only 16,349 cyber dependent and approximately 700,000 cyber-enabled incidents reported to Action Fraud over the same period." The increasing sophistication of organized cybercrime gangs that develop and deploy targeted, complex malicious software may also be to blame for the rise in cybercrime. Dridex and Dyre were specifically mentioned in the report, which are aimed at emptying consumer and business bank accounts in the U.K. and elsewhere.
does VR sex count? (Score:1, Offtopic)
I wish that vote had never happened... (Score:2, Funny)
Cybercrime Overtakes Traditional Crime In UK, Says Report
Damn you, Brexit!
Re: (Score:2)
Actually I have had some Brexit related cybercrime lately, in the form of Belgian princes who need to quickly move â9.7bn out of the UK before Article 50 is triggered and need my help. Seriously.
I wonder how much cybercrime goes unreported. My local police won't even record most of it. Try telling them that your Bitcoins were stolen or that your PayPal account was raided and they will tell you to take it up with Google.
This doesn't really surprise me (Score:4, Insightful)
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Book Recommended (Score:3)
read more Charles Stross "Rule 34", Halting State" and several of his other books touch on the cybercrime idea.
if the unskilled criminals are "script kiddies", then the unskilled police would be "script piggies" ?
This is terrible! (Score:3)
First machines take jobs from workers and now they take crime from criminals. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?! ;)
Campaign for real crime! (Score:3)
I think there should be a campaign to preserve the skills associated with traditional, authentic crime. It tastes better, for a start, and it keeps locals employed.