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Most Cybercrime Goes Unpunished
From: mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 02:49:19 -0700
http://www.ntsecurity.net/forums/2cents//news.asp?IDF=191 WINDOWS SECURITY NEWS 12/20/99 Most Cybercrime Goes Unpunished Monday, December 13, 1999 - According to a recent article by David Noack, most cybercrime goes unpunished. And based on the figures presented in this report, we have to agree. the report states that of 419 cases of alleged computer fraud referred to federal prosecutors in 1998, only 83 were prosecuted. The remainder were dismissed for lack of evidence. Also in 1998, 47 people were convicted of federal computer crimes, and 20 were sent to prison; another 10 were found not guilty. Anyone who has glanced at the ATTRITION.ORG archives realizes that these figures are pathetically low compared to the number of computer crimes that actually occur every day. The report basically leads us to assume most computer criminal are never reported to authorities--and perhaps that's because most computer criminals never get caught. Links: APB News http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/1999/12/09/cyberlaws1209_01.html?s=snaph ISN is sponsored by Security-Focus.COM
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