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사이버 범죄 (Cyber Crime)


The internet has revolutionized the way we live. It has quite literally brought the world to our fingertips…all of it, the good and the bad.

Every time you turn on the computer and get online, experts say, you are a potential victim of cyber crime. The internet storm center is a volunteer group that guards against criminal activity online. it is run by March
"For the criminal world it's what we like to call a perfect storm. We have an internet that is almost completely anonymous, perfect for criminal activity. We have an internet that's largely ungoverned."

Dan Larkin heads the Internet Crime Complaint Center at the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI. He battles cyber crime daily, and says it is diverse and global.

"We have a substantial piece of cyber crime that emanates from West Africa, no surprise, eastern Europe,Russia, some in Asia and South America as well."


"We've got millions of users who don't keep their computer systems updated, who don't run anti virus, who go to websites, download software they don't know what they are downloading."

Experts say criminals are counting on that. When users do NOT update their systems, or use firewalls for protection, their computers can help spread viruses and worms, or invite trouble by downloading what are known as Trojans, some of which help spread chaos.

"Overnight your home machine which is just sitting there silently consuming power, is actually sending out thousands of unsolicited e-mail messages and you don't even know it's happening."


"…inviting you to go to your bank, or go to your E-Bay account, or go to some other account that they hope you have and update something with regard to your personal profile 37:38 or your financial or personal

Identity theft is a huge piece of cyber crime. The best-publicized cases- with potential losses in the millions of dollars - have been breaches in corporate computer networks. But home computers are also at risk.

Called the Keylogger, it watches and records keystrokes waiting for you to access a bank site or other financial institution. March Sachs of the Internet Storm Center explains.

"It knows that within 50 or hundred some odd key strokes, I'm likely to type in my user name my password, mothers maiden name, a credit card number a pin number other things."


Dan Larkin of the FBI's internet crime complaint center says Russian cyber criminals used the Keylogger to take over thousands of identifications before they were put out of business last summer. International shipping is another cyber crime scheme sweeping across the United States.

"We identified thousands of locations in the US that were individuals and organizations that were being recruited and being used as reshippers."

shipped to the recruited U.S. citizens they called "mules." (:15)

"They would recruit somebody from the US to receive the package so that the shipping label and address will look domestic, the guard would drop a bit from the merchant and they would let the package be shipped. only to find next day it had been reshipped overnighted and out of country to Nigeria. "

The ring was eventually broken up, but it's one more example of the breadth and ingenuity of internet crime. Cracking down on cyber criminals is an ongoing collaborative effort among international law enforcement

Personal computer users can do their part, too. Experts say keep your computers protected and updated. The FBI also recommends you visit the internet crime complaint center at WWW.ICCC.gov to report suspicious
activity or learn about the latest crime in cyber space.
I'm Naheda Zayed for VOA-News.