Seven steps to combat cybercriminals in court

摘要

Cybercrime is on the rise. Two-thirds of all UK businesses have suffered from some form of premeditated or malicious 'incident' in the last 12 months - a staggering 55 percent rise in two years. But cybercrime isn't just about the virus writers and hackers who hog the headlines. Cybercrime encompasses any criminal act perpetrated in part or entirely using a computer - from corporate espionage, fraud and extortion, to sharing illegal pornographic material or coordinating terrorist acts. The fact is, the sort of crimes committed are mostly the same - computers have become just another tool for the criminal.