Teenagers Emerge as Leading Cause of Cyber Crime

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200309/kt2003091815263811990.htm

09-18-2003 

The National Police Agency said yesterday that teenagers are the
leading cause of cyber crimes such as hacking, the spread of computer
viruses and the sale of counterfeit games.

In a report presented to the National Assembly, the agency said the
number of cyber crimes committed by teenagers was 16,620 between 2001
and July 2003, accounting for 42.2 percent of the total cases during
the cited period.

Cyber criminals in their 20s accounted for 38.4 percent, followed by
19.4 percent by those in their 30s, according to the report.

Almost 58 percent of the cyber crime committed by teenagers was fraud
connected with online games, the police agency said. Next came
computer hacking and the spread of viruses (19.1 percent),
infringement of private information (5.4 percent) and the operation of
illegal Web sites (2.1 percent).



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