Virtual Criminology Report - Organized Crime and the Internet
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The McAfee report, the first to examine organised crime and the Internet, highlighted how old-style crime gangs were going hi-tech and replacing baseball bats with botnets to carry out systematic and professional cyber crimes. A year on and cybercrime represents the fastest growing category of crime globally. Cybercrime is no longer in its infancy, it is now big business. Organised crime is capitalising on every opportunity to exploit new technology to perform classic crimes such as fraud and extortion to make money illegally. And they are targeting businesses and individuals alike.
