[ISN] IT used in majority of crimes committed

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:37:19 -0600 (CST)
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/it-used-in-majority-of-crimes-committed-1.743128

By Dina Aboul Hosn
Staff Reporter
Gulf News
January 9, 2011

Sharjah:  Crimes, in which information technology is used, are 
accountable for about 70 per cent of all crimes according to a recent 
study in Abu Dhabi, which showed that most crimes were committed using 
information technology, a Dubai Police officer said.

Addressing interrogators, judges and law students, Major Saeed Mohammad 
Al Hajeri, Head of the Information Technology Crime Department of Dubai 
Police, said recent studies show that cyber criminals keep up with new 
developments in IT.

In his lecture titled ‘Procedures Followed in Investigating Information 
Technology Crimes' delivered at the Institute of Training and Judicial 
Studies in Sharjah, Major Al Hajeri said any new software or system 
usually comes with many security gaps and other shortcomings, and 
criminals make the most of that.

Among the most common crimes is providing illegal VoIP (Voice over 
Internet Protocol) calls, which is the preferred method of communication 
for drug smugglers and human traffickers, among others, since these 
calls are hard to trace, he explained.

Hacking is another illegal activity, and that includes hacking websites 
of banks, companies and government department, as well as hacking into 
individual computers and emails for different reasons, Maj Al Hajeri 
said, adding that hacking programmes are easily available on the 
internet.

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