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dmereditharcadia410
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Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 02:18 am |
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Computer Crime and the Cop can mean different things to different people. Your skill set and technological knowledge may be the fine line between you being the victim of a crime or not.
I recall a time not to long ago when a Tandy 300 was a state of the art computer and the Atari Pong game was considered state of the art. In a very short time period computers have evolved to mega byte machines with fast processors and small footprints. Such accessories as flash drives can be found with extensive memories in a small pocket able module. These extensive memories and portable storage modules enhance the criminal minds ability to steal personal data, reports, records, blueprints and other critical files. The criminal can do this through normal theft or through access to these devices via an Internet connection. In turn they can use this information to commit identity theft, fraud, industrial espionage and more.
Recently, my laptop fell prey to a "Trojan" that was virtually undetectable by my spy ware and virus programs. It took the police IT guys 4 days to remove all traces of it. This Trojan was designed to capture personal data and resend it to a different location. I was fortunate that my files had not been compromised.
But with computer technology developing and expanding almost daily, I ponder how will the cop be able to keep up with computer crimes. It may be that more cops may be drawn into the world of cybercyber-forensics and investigations as organized crime, terrorists and gangs exploit the computer age.
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