Growth in Internet Crime Calls for Growth in Punishment | Linux Today

Growth in Internet Crime Calls for Growth in Punishment

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 3, 2008

“Despite these successes, Internet crime is now more prevalent
and more professional than ever before. F-Secure believes that
against a background of steeply increasing Internet crime, the
obvious inefficiency of the international and national authorities
in catching, prosecuting and sentencing Internet criminals is a
problem that needs to be solved. A call for the establishment of
“Internetpol” to tackle online crime — made by Mikko
Hyppönen, F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer — has been
received with great interest internationally”
Readers might recall how
F-Secure gave the infamous Sony Rootkit a pass
–ed.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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