The threat of cybercrime is rising sharply, experts warn at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Some quotes from the BBC story about the forum:
“Online theft costs $1 trillion a year, the number of attacks is rising sharply and too many people do not know how to protect themselves…”
“‘This is not vandalism anymore, but organised criminality,’ a panellist said, while another added that ‘this is it is not about technology, but our economy.’”
“In the United States, a ‘virtual’ group had managed to hijack and redirect the details of 25 million credit card transactions to Ukraine. The group used the data to buy a large number of goods, which were then sold on eBay.”
‘But several panellists worried about the heavy hand of government. The internet’s strength was its open nature. Centralising it would be a huge threat to innovation, evolution and growth of the web. ‘The amount of control required [to exclude all risk] is quite totalitarian,’ one of them warned.”
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网络犯罪正在上升
在达沃斯举行的世界经济论坛上，专家们警告说，网络犯罪 的威胁正急剧上升。下面是来自BBC新闻 中一些关于此次论坛的报道：
“每年网络犯罪损失达一万亿美元，这一数字还在迅速上升。而且，太多的人都不知道该如何去保护自己……”
“‘这不仅仅是蓄意的破坏，更是有组织的犯罪，’一个与会者说，同时另一位也说到‘这不仅关系到技术，更影响到我们的经济’。”
在美国，一个虚拟的组织已经成功的窃取并转移了两千五百万信用卡交易的详细信息到乌克兰。他们利用这些数据购买大量的商品，然后将这些商品在易趣网上拍卖。
“‘但是一些讨论者对政府的强硬措施表示担忧。网络的优势就在于它的开放。过度的控制，对于它的改革，创新和发展会有很大的危害。’‘控制的度需要[排除所有的威胁]，这太过分了，’其中一位警告到。”