Re: Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Trollie Fingers wrote:
> I respectfully disagree.  This is a little sensationalist I must say.
>
> I wonder if other industries allow over hyping their issues to this degree?
> I know its job security.  But this just looks kinda ridiculous to anyone
> besides us.

The credit crisis was there for quite some time before everyone became 
aware of it. It just ept growing and not existing.

        Gadi.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio <
> juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:
>
> > "Cybercrime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in the
> > coming years if international regulation is not improved,
> > some of the world's top crime experts said on Wednesday.
> >
> > Damage caused by cybercrime is estimated at $100 billion annually, said
> > Kilian Strauss, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
> > (OSCE).
> >
> > "These criminals, they outsmart us ten, or a hundred to one," Strauss told
> > Reuters,
> > adding more internet experts were needed to investigate and tackle
> > cybercrime."
> > --clip--
> >
> > More at
> >
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111902389.html
> >
> > Exactly, the need of Internetpol:
> > http://www.f-secure.com/2008/q3/index.html
> >
> > Juha-Matti
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