Most Cybercrime Goes Unpunished

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WINDOWS SECURITY NEWS  12/20/99

Most Cybercrime Goes Unpunished

Monday, December 13, 1999 - According to a recent article by David Noack,
most cybercrime goes unpunished. And based on the figures presented in
this report, we have to agree. the report states that of 419 cases of
alleged computer fraud referred to federal prosecutors in 1998, only 83
were prosecuted. The remainder were dismissed for lack of evidence. Also
in 1998, 47 people were convicted of federal computer crimes, and 20 were
sent to prison; another 10 were found not guilty.

Anyone who has glanced at the ATTRITION.ORG archives realizes that
these figures are pathetically low compared to the number of computer
crimes that actually occur every day. The report basically leads us to
assume most computer criminal are never reported to authorities--and
perhaps that's because most computer criminals never get caught.

                      Links:   APB News

http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/1999/12/09/cyberlaws1209_01.html?s=snaph

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