Cybercrime unit UK: Russian hackers pose biggest danger for Europe

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The deputy head of the Uk’s National Cyber Crime Unit, during the Cyber Security Summit in London last week to let you know that attacks of hackers that are the biggest threat entail mainly come from Russia.

According to the head of the digital-protection unit, Lee Miles, is the largest section of the dangerous attacks where he and his team are confronted with, coming from Russia. He calls the attacks of hackers ‘anonymous, advanced, and international; and Russian,” writes the Wall Street Journal. “There are a couple of people in front of me that perfectly speak Russian. Cybercrime coming from Russia is a very important part for us,” said Miles.

The time in which there is only for the honor on the servers of companies was broken is according to Miles over. “It is going to make money.” Among other banks would be often the target of hackers. Sally Scutt at the British Bankers Association says that banks that are affiliated to its association invest a lot in the security of their servers against such attacks. Seventy percent of the British banks would, according to Scutt cybercrime as a very big issue to consider.

Minister Opstelten of Security and Justice showed last year know that Dutch banks, in its opinion, need to improve their performance against cybercrime. Dutch banks would, according to him, this form of crime don’t take seriously enough, which is something the banks don’t agree with that. In the meantime, the criminal penalties in the Netherlands are on this form of crime have increased; in the worst case, can someone who is guilty is found to be for five years behind the bars disappear.

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