California has launched a new eCrime unit to combat various online crimes. The new law enforcement unit created by California Attorney General Kamala Harris and announced Tuesday, aims take on various "cyber crimes" such as email scams, online fraud, piracy, child pornography, and real-world theft of computer gear by organized crime.
"Today's criminals increasingly use the Internet, smartphones, and other digital devices to victimize people online and offline," Harris said while unveiling the unit in the Silicon Valley city of San Jose.
The special division, which was actually formed in August, has already handled a number of high profile cases including a man sentenced to prison for hacking email and Facebook accounts to get embarrassing pictures used to blackmail victims in Britain and the United States; and another case involving a group that secretly installed card scanners and hidden cameras at bank teller machines to get account information and passwords. They reportedly stole an estimated two million dollars.
Source: 9News
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Re: California Announces eCrime Law Enforcement Unit
Not that I'm particularly for any of the things they're attempting to combat...
... but I'm getting the usual nauseous feeling that they won't know what the hell they're doing.