LINX Demand More e-Crime Resources
Posted: 01st Apr, 2004 By: MarkJ
Speaking on behalf of its 140 member ISPs, the London Internet Exchange (LINX), which holds the bulk of UK data traffic, has requested more resources to help combat e-crime:
According to Malcolm Hutty, LINX regulation officer, the government should avoid introducing any more legislation in order to combat the growing threat of electronic crime. Instead, the UK needs more police officers who are trained to deal with high-tech criminals, said Hutty in an article circulated around the Home Office this week.
"It is surprising, to the uninitiated, just how few reports of online criminal activity actually result in a police investigation. It is surprising that so few police officers are trained and available to investigate the entire range of online fraud and attempted fraud. It is surprising that the few trained officers we do have do not have more support from, for example, computer forensics specialists," wrote Hutty.
"It is perhaps less surprising that detailed statistics on how many e-crime reports result in a police investigation are not readily and widely available - this is likely to be connected with a lack of political enthusiasm for significantly increasing resources," he added.
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According to Malcolm Hutty, LINX regulation officer, the government should avoid introducing any more legislation in order to combat the growing threat of electronic crime. Instead, the UK needs more police officers who are trained to deal with high-tech criminals, said Hutty in an article circulated around the Home Office this week.
"It is surprising, to the uninitiated, just how few reports of online criminal activity actually result in a police investigation. It is surprising that so few police officers are trained and available to investigate the entire range of online fraud and attempted fraud. It is surprising that the few trained officers we do have do not have more support from, for example, computer forensics specialists," wrote Hutty.
"It is perhaps less surprising that detailed statistics on how many e-crime reports result in a police investigation are not readily and widely available - this is likely to be connected with a lack of political enthusiasm for significantly increasing resources," he added.
More @ ZDNet.
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