cybercrime
网络犯罪,网路犯罪,网上犯罪,联网犯罪
Definitions
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- : criminal activity or a crime that involves the internet, a computer system, or computer technology: identity theft, phishing, and other kinds of cybercrime.
Examples
With the rise of ransomware attacks and cybercrime in the headlines week after week, fighting cybercriminals takes a multi-faceted approach that’s not just the realm of the CTO, but of every business leader.
In 2020 alone, the total known cost of cybercrime was over $1 trillion in global losses, more than double the costs in 2018.
The ransomware crew known as REvil has existed for years in the booming cybercrime underground.
That’s where the agents had started trying to understand a cybercrime explosion that was targeting Americans and pulling in millions of dollars from victims.
As ransomware and cybercrime increasingly becomes a national security threat—and one that risks harming human beings, as in the case of attacks against hospitals—it’s become clear that government action is required.
Foreign governments and organized cybercrime gangs that sell stolen accounts and credit cards in bulk are also possible culprits.
The cybercrime organization can access virtually ‘unlimited’ proceeds.
“In the place of guns and masks, this cybercrime organization used laptops and the Internet,” Lynch elaborated.