Cyber crime, those crimes committed via a computing device and networks has risen this past year, and is expected to increase as economic misery deepens. A news story published by the BBC shows that "In 2007, the sharpest rise was in online financial fraud, with more than 250,000 incidents reported in 2007; a 20% rise on the previous year. The report highlighted a growing professionalism among online criminals, with personal and credit details being traded online. Garlik said that the information black market had doubled, with more than 19,000 illicit traders identified. " "Online harassment also increased. More than two million people were the victim of an abusive email, false accusation or blackmail attempt. It is thought the growing popularity of social networking sites helped drive this, providing a new widespread medium for online harassment." Read the article in its entirey at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7697704.stm
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