"committed by teenagers and people with almost no technical skills." - bet they still wear a hoodie whilst on their computers !!!!
UK courts experiencing surge in cyber-crime case load
The total cost of fraudulent activity in the UK surpassed a billion pounds for the first time in five years, reaching £1.137bn in 2016 compared to £732m the year before. Fraud against businesses was up sevenfold last year, with inside jobs committed by employees and management the most common method, as measured by alleged …
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Wednesday 25th January 2017 14:24 GMT Anonymous Coward
Locking the wrong stable door
This should act a a wakeup call to all businesses to either update their on-line security or actually get on-line security in the first place.
"Fraud against businesses was up sevenfold last year, with inside jobs committed by employees and management the most common method". How does online security software help?
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Tuesday 24th January 2017 23:33 GMT tfewster
I bet...
.. that the "surge" is because police are now able to able to take your complaint, rather than sending you back to your bank, or the national crime unit or..."what's on the fobbing-off calender today sarge?"
Double or nothing the government will use the stats to claim govt-breakable encryption is necessary. Ignoring the fact that decent encryption and security might prevent the crimes from happening