Playlist: Cybercrime: World Wide War 3.0
The tools required to fight Internet-based offenses must constantly evolve and adapt. Unfortunately, so do the criminals. This program examines several forms of cyber-crime and their impact on law enforcement, national security, the corporate world, and society at large. Taking a global approach, the film presents interviews with American and European experts on cyber-terrorism, identity theft, child pornography, and other disturbing crimes. Frank Cilluffo, director of The George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, focuses on the terrorism issue, while case studies shed light on recent high-tech assaults originating in Russia and China. (Portions in other languages with English subtitles, 55 minutes)
Many acts of future wars and terrorism will take place inside cyberspace. The Internet has made the knowledge base both accessible and vulnerable. Foreign espionage, corporate espionage, and domestic terrorism navigate in cyberspace.
In cyberspace there are no physical barriers such as checkpoints, borders, or customs agents. Cyber-terrorism receives a lot of attention from governments and the media. The FBI spearheads U.S. government's battle against cybercrime.
In 2007, Russia takes offense at an Estonian decision and launches massive cyberattacks on that nation. Government ministries, local police, and citizens suffered from systems shutdowns and inability to access Internet.
Since its creation in 1989, the Crans Montana Forum is dedicated to search for the answers suited to the theme of globalization and engendered challenges. Nearly one million computers were used in Russia's cyberattack on Estonia.
The popular media conception is that there is a coordinated attempt by the Chinese government to hack in U.S. and other Western-based computers. Many Chinese hackers have hero status in their country.
Cyberwar may have implications for the integration of the political and psychological with the military aspects of warfare. Anonymity, the dominant feature of cyberattacks, causes great difficulties.
International representatives meet to declare war on cybercrime. They seek cooperation between servers and law enforcement agencies. New technologies spawn new forms of crime.
Because the threat of a massive cyberattack is a reality, countries must strengthen laws, and reinforce judicial and intelligence capacities. Countries must share intelligence and products in the battle against cybercrime.
In capable hands, a powerful computer hooked up to the Web has the potential to be a relatively cheap, fast, and effective tool of war. The battlefield and has shifted to an electronic one.
"Phishing" typically involves fraudulent bulk email messages that guide recipients to legitimate looking but fake websites where they try to extract personal information such as account passwords.
Technology allows cyberthieves to collect intelligence. Security and corporate personnel attend school in Paris to learn techniques of hackers. They also learn to protect systems from attack.
Cybercriminals seem to be one step ahead of law enforcement agencies as well as manufacturers and editors of software. Quantum cryptography is effective in detecting cyber eavesdropping.
Many child pornography and abuse websites originate in Russia, out of reach of Western legislation. In the U.S., the FBI has created a Crimes Against Children program.
The market for fake and bogus goods grows with the help of the Internet. Worldwide, from 6-10% of drugs are counterfeit. Cybercrimes in one nation can find victims in other nations.