February 24, 2009
Interesting to once again hear little about any potential prosecutions against those people performing supposed illegal activity. What sort of message does that send out to others? Oh….it’s okay?
Previous post: Unauthorised access to company websites/information/systems….
In cases like this, it does not seem like searching for a needle in a haystack in regards to the identification of individuals….but I could be wrong. Jurisdiction issues? Less of an issue if the perpetrator is known (assuming “friendly” country involved)? Appetite for chasing it up on anyone’s part?
I’m commenting from an Australian perspective.
Firstly, theres’ the problem of limited techo expertise in law enforcement. Add to that their techo’s primary focus is on anti-terrorism & tied down with 1000s of kiddie porn investigations. So the white collar stuff rarely gets a look-in & gets pushed way down the list of priorities/jobs.
Secondly, with any crime, you have to have a victim who is willing to go to Court. Herein lies the problem: Corporate victims of computer crimes are reluctant to go to Court – it ties up their resources and can result in adverse media publicity for their company, potentially damaging their brand.
@Cornflakes PhD,
You raise valid arguments. So are you saying breaches of the Cyber Crime Act are addressed as civil cases? Where I am coming from is; while the “victims” may not have pressed charges, acts such as this are classed as criminal acts and when put into the public domain through the press should be taken into serious consideration for charges by the appropriate authorities. (Yeah, I know it’s not real-world we live in stuff at the moment but crime is crime hey?). Thoughts?
DD