UK launches cybercrime unit
After months of beating around the proverbial pot, the British government finally adopted a firmer position on the growing issue of online crime with the launch of its new cybercrime unit earlier this month.
The unit allegedly operated as a "shadow" from the beginning of February with ministers revealing he has already made 19 arrests, while freezing of about £ 500,000 of assets . This figure is less impressive compared to cost £ 27 billion cybercrime estimated the UK economy each year. The unit is set to be part of the National Crime Agency, which has yet to be launched in 2013. Current
The government hopes that more companies will be encouraged to report cases of crime in line with a number of organizations accused of crimes cover to protect their public image.
China takes the high road hacking
The Chinese authorities are trying to shake their reputation bit dodgy for hacking this week, after calling the US to take part in negotiations international strategies to fight against the issue of state-sponsored cyber attacks.
In a thinly veiled dig the United States, a spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry at a press conference that "what needs to cyberspace is not war but the regulation and cooperation. "the reviews are just the latest in a long verbal conflict between the two governments, each side accusing the other of conduct extensive cyber attacks on national infrastructure in an attempt to steal sensitive data.
the spokesman ended with a joke that can be taken with a large pinch of salt on the other side of the Pacific. "We strongly oppose attacks and cyber fight," she said.
Facebook users sacrifice priv alpha
with the protests against the law derided as CISPA traction in US winner, you could be forgiven for thinking that people value their privacy online. According to a new study by the University of Cambridge, however, this is far from the case.
The study found that millions of Facebook users regularly sacrifice their privacy. Research has shown that a computer program can accurately predict a range of personal characteristics, simply by looking at their "Likes". The program was able to predict the sex, race, political persuasion of a person and even use of addictive substances with an alarming degree of accuracy.
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