But criminals continue to target
The rise in cybercrime and the level of sophistication of the crimes have caught the attention of the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Congress due to high volume of cases being investigated by the FBI. Sources of the cases are mainly in the financial industry. Tops on the list are payment processing breaches, ATM skimming, stock trading, and mobile banking attacks. Despite the fact that the FBI has made combating cybercrime one of its top priorities over the past decade, cyber attacks continue to be a major threat globally. For example, as much as $388 billion has been lost in time and money in a period of one year compared to about $288 billion lost in heroin and cocaine trading combined. It makes one to wonder what the cost of would have been if all the government agencies were not as committed to fighting the war against cybercriminals. Also, with rising global internet usage and the ease of sharing information, is the amount of resource capital – human and monetary – sustainable? It seems like the more the government agencies improve on their information sharing amongst themselves, the more aggressive the attackers get.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/091411-us-agencies-making-progress-on-250908.html?source=nww_rss
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