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More than ever, cyberspace is a land of opportunity but also a dangerous world
As public and private sector organisations continue to move into cyberspace, so do criminals. Cyber crime, which is the collective term for criminal activities carried out by means of a computer or the Internet, has become increasingly sophisticated, making it difficult to detect and combat. Nowadays, cyber crime cases appear in newspaper headlines on a regular basis, showing the extent and the ever-evolving nature of the cyber criminality landscape:
- 'US accuses China of new cyber attacks' (The Guardian, 31 January 2013);
- 'NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others' (The Guardian, 7 June 2013);
- '5 hackers charged in largest data-breach...
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