Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Cybercrime Wave Sweeps Britain

The BBC is reporting that a cybercrime wave is sweeping Britain, and much of it it home-grown. Citing a report by online identify firm Garlik the story claims that more than 3.5 million online crimes were committed in the UK last year.

One interesting revelation in the report is the origin of cybercrime, the popular conception of which believes it originates in Eastern Europe or Africa. Not so, says the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center - Britain came second after the United States as the source of online crime.

For a link to the story click below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7697704.stm