A shout out over the pond for the newly formed European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), opening January 11th, to fight online abuse, child pornography, identity theft and banking fraud on smartphones attacking European nations.
More resources on this worldwide problem is a great thing.
The centre already has a staff of 30 full-time employees. It will
provide operational support to member states to combat intrusions, fraud
and online child sexual abuse. The centre will also provide technical,
analytical and forensic expertise in EU joint investigations.
EC3 will focus on criminals with the aim of becoming a
"focal point" of information exchange between national law enforcement
agencies to identify threats more quickly.
This is a great addition to the U.S.'s effort with IC3 (ic3.gov).
Although scammers are like cockroaches and there is no hope of eradicating them completely, more resources to make their life harder and to hold the line against the rising tide of gangs of scammers becoming more and more effective, this is an encouraging sign of hope. It's almost too easy now to become a scammer and steal money from unsuspecting victims. This will throw an additional wrench in their otherwise pretty cushy activities.
Congrats, EC3 - lots of good wishes on your cybercrime-fighting efforts. Go get 'em!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
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