Cyber-Crime
EU aims on the dark side of the net
In contrast to many other policy fields in the EU at least, the Minister of justice in concert. You want to network-crime together stronger fight. From Amsterdam Bernd Riegert.
Everything depends on everything else. On The Internet. The purchase of a bus ticket, the use of a fighter aircraft, the control system of a power plant or renting a car. Many areas of daily life, the economy, and the state trade find online. Data is exchanged via public or supposedly secure networks. That’s exactly what more and more Criminals, writes the European police office “Europol” in an analysis. Data theft, illegal trafficking, attacks on control systems have found more and more in the net instead. The more the life in the digital market shifts, the more Criminals, saboteurs and terrorists are attracted to. For crimes in the virtual space is true for perpetrator still the Motto “, big profits, little risk,” stated the Dutch Minister of justice Ard van der Steur to keep in mind. He was the current President of the Council of the EU at the Meeting of the EU Ministers of justice after Amsterdam invited.
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Approximately twelve percent of all people in the European Union, attracted by illegal activities on the Internet, so Cybercrime, threatened. This shows a survey by the EU Commission last year. 2013 was one out of every ten Internet users from fraud, data breaches or other network crimes have been affected, according to a study by a Washington thinktank. The is, however, based on information provided by the company McAfee, the security Software manufactures, so an interest in a certain scenario. McAfee estimated the annual damage caused by Cybercrime is created, the world on 400 billion U.S. dollars.
Unlimited criminal prosecution in the Depths of the network
The European Commission, the political administration of the EU, has in the past year to a Five-year Plan to fight Internet crime, organized crime and terrorism, are presented. This Plan works, the EU Ministers of justice now, piece by piece. “The Online world knows no national boundaries,” said Bundesjustizminister Heiko Maas (SPD) in Amsterdam. It is, among other things, to the EU database in the been years since the offences and the convicted perpetrator to be captured. Flaws of this system: actions of Non-EU citizens, the crimes on the territory of the Union have perpetrated, have not yet been fed. This is supposed to as soon as possible to change, request of the Minister.
Fortress of Europol: The Hague, from against the dark net
The cooperation of judicial and police authorities across the internal borders of the EU borders should be further improved, promised Bundesjustizminister Heiko Maas. “In cybercrime, the data are on servers and are national is no longer assigned. If we the Online Criminals do not constantly respond, we need the law enforcement network better.” Today, it is for example still a Problem to determine which law is to apply, if a German illegally via the Internet in Belgium weapons buys and the business via a web portal in Lithuania unwinds. True, then, German, Belgian or Lithuanian law in case of the seizure of evidence and data? Today, this is still unclear, and should now be standardized.
Scammers, Hackers, Child Molesters
To combat crime, the Internet and its not easily accessible offshoot, the Dark Net, wide, the European police office “Europol” in 2012 already, a private “centre for Netzkriminalität” in The Hague. The centre collects data and information on the latest methods of the perpetrators and advises national authorities in investigations. Also, always supra-national investigation teams are formed to cross against the boundless crime in the virtual world. “Europol” deals, according to Rob Wainwright, the Director of the authority, not only with ordinary fraud due to data Theft or the spread of malicious software and Trojans, but also with illegal content such as child pornography or terrorist Propaganda.
Also play an important role strategies against increasing Hacker attacks on power plants, water suppliers or authorities. A Trend is according to Europol, in an analysis that the Cyber-Criminals become increasingly more aggressive. Also, the waxes, the dark market is very fast. In the meantime, there have illegal service providers, their customers the execution of the criminal activities in the Internet online would offer. A criminal Service sector would arise. Increasingly use the Internet Criminals to encryption and concealment of identities to law enforcement to escape.
Self-protection against Internet attackers needed
In a bill, the EU Commission and the European Parliament shortly before Christmas under one roof have brought, for the first time, Europe-wide safety standards for the operators of search engines and Cloud data storage is set. This shall also apply to energy and water utilities, transport companies and banks. “The law represents an important step towards greater preparedness in the European information system”, said the digital market, EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger. Still took many companies and authorities of the “digital Hygiene” not seriously enough, criticized the European police office “Europol”.
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How can Cyber-attacks be averted? (18.11.2015)
Access to networks is easy, keywords are not safe, security concepts were missing often. Too many “smart” phones are not so smart when it comes to safety go. “There are also missing legal rules for the exchange of digital content by streaming. It’s only in some member States,” said EU justice Commissioner Vera Jourava. Customers need more security and fraud protection. Also want the EU Ministers of justice in the current year, to tackle and change.