At a time when law enforcement agencies are winning the war against violent crime, they seem to be losing the war against cybercrime.
The problem: Law enforcement groups from the FBI down to local police forces are lagging in the training and ability to combat this new form of criminal activity. And the bad guys know it.
''Willie Sutton said that he robbed banks because that's where the money was,'' says Richard Hunter of Gartner, which recently conducted a study of cybercrime. ''Today's Internet criminals don't have to rob banks. With currently available technology, they can just as easily rob tens of thousands of individuals, with less chance of being caught.''
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The problem: Law enforcement groups from the FBI down to local police forces are lagging in the training and ability to combat this new form of criminal activity. And the bad guys know it.
''Willie Sutton said that he robbed banks because that's where the money was,'' says Richard Hunter of Gartner, which recently conducted a study of cybercrime. ''Today's Internet criminals don't have to rob banks. With currently available technology, they can just as easily rob tens of thousands of individuals, with less chance of being caught.''
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