OECD WARNS OF POTENTIAL GLOBAL IMPACT OF CYBERCRIME
March 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EXPERT paper written for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has shown how cybercrime attacks on computing systems can go beyond the merely criminal to pose security risks to society and governments. Its 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' report, written by academics from the London School of Economics and Oxford University, assesses a wide variety of cyber-attacks, from phishing and large-scale malware, to outright cyber-warfare. The specialists conclude law enforcement agencies need better expertise to ...
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