Cyber crime ‘black hole’ must be filled in

Not a day goes by now, it seems, without news of a fresh, more deadly, cyber attack. Cast your mind back to a decade ago and you may recall that e-crime would crop up in the media only occasionally.

Once an issue such as cyber crime threatens to undermine our lives - cynically you could argue affecting how we vote - the politicos’ ears prick up and take notice. This was the case recently with the publication of a new e-crime report.

The UK’s Home Affairs Committee found that Britain is still complacent about this nature of crime. The report even went as far as suggesting there’s a cyber crime ‘black hole’, with the war being lost in combating its detrimental effect on our businesses and lives.Read more