'War-like' cybercrime threatens European growth

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/101623392

By Arjun Kharpal
@ArjunKharpal
CNBC.com
04/28/2014

State-backed hackers are aiming to create "war-like activities" that could 
harm economic growth in Europe, the region's cybercrime chief warned on 
Tuesday.

The stark warning from Troels Oerting, head of the European Cybercrime 
Center and assistant director at law enforcement agency Europol, comes as 
governments and law enforcement agencies across Europe are already 
struggling to contain the threat of cybercrime.

"What we are looking at is state-sponsored activity and it is no secret 
that we have state-sponsored activities…aimed at starting warlike 
activity," Oerting said at a speech at the Infosecurity Europe conference 
in London Tuesday.

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