Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Cyber security experts at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) are working with the police to fight the increasing threat of cyber crime. Officers from across the East Midlands came to DMU to learn more about digital forensics and the latest research being carried out to profile those who commit cyber crime. DMU’s Psychology and Technology Research Group and the Cyber Security Centre work to understand both how victims view cyber crime as well as the psychology and techniques used by the cyber criminals. Cyber crime is a growing issue. In 2014, more than half of 2,075 Britons who took part in a UK Government survey had been victims of cyber crime. A separate poll showed that for the UK as a whole, more than £670m was lost in online fraud in the 12 months to August 2014. Recent cases in Leicestershire have included a man jailed for eight months for a cyber attack on a Leicester business. He cancelled online orders and hacked into the website in the attack which cost the company £41,000. “The cyber environment is used to commit and facilitate all types of crimes and even people committing more traditional crimes like burglary will still leave a […]
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