SECUR> How Romania became a center of cybercrime

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How Romania became a center of cybercrime

Gabrielle Burger runs the FBI's office in Bucharest and is working with
Romanian authorities to arrest suspects "and avoid the Sept. 11 of
cybercrime." Why Romania? The latest evidence shows that a loosely
organized but increasingly aggressive network of Romanian hackers are
turning to cybercrime for profit. "Frustrated with the employment
possibilities offered in Romania, some of the world's most talented
computer students are exploiting their talents online," the U.S.-based
Internet Fraud Complaint Center says in a recent report. The hackers modus
operandi includes: defrauding consumers through bogus Internet purchases,
extorting cash from companies after hacking into their systems, and
designing and releasing computer-crippling worms and viruses. Computer
crime flourished in Romania because the country lacked a cybercrime law
until earlier this year, when it enacted what may be the world's harshest.
The new law punishes convicts with up to 15 years in prison - more than t!
wice the maximum for rape. More than 60 Romanians have been arrested in
recent joint operations involving the FBI, Secret Service, Scotland Yard,
the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and numerous European police agencies.

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