Security News > 2011 > January > IT used in majority of crimes committed

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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