http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200410/kt2004101216411011960.htm By Lee Jin-woo Staff Reporter 10-12-2004 As Korea is one of the strongest Internet powerhouses in the world, foreign cyber crime investigators are rushing to the country to learn about the advanced investigation skills and systems in place here. According to the National Police Agency, a French team comprising police officers, prosecutors and computer experts arrived in Seoul Monday for a five-day visit. They are scheduled to learn about cyber crime cases, investigation skills and systems from the Cyber Terror Response Center. Earlier this month, some 40 Thai police officers, Justice Ministry officials and computer experts visited the center in order to discuss how to set up a similar system in Thailand. In addition, British police officers have visited Korea three times since 2002 and a key official of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in charge of cyber terrorism came here early this year. Next month, police officers from Southeast Asian countries are scheduled to take two-week-long training courses here to learn about Korea¡¯s advanced system against cyber crimes. ``As Korea has set up one of the fastest developed online systems in the world and related crimes on the Internet have also greatly increased, our anti-cyber crime center has also developed one of the most advanced investigation methods and is a well-organized system,¡¯¡¯ a police officer said. The center was established as the Hacker Investigation Squad in 1995 and later changed its name and system a few times until it was transformed into the current center in 2000. The number of people arrested for committing crimes on the Internet has increased seven times in the last three years in Korea. South Korea boasts of 29.22 million Internet users, accounting for 64.5 percent of its total population. _________________________________________ Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) Everything is Vulnerable - http://www.osvdb.org/
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