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Chapter 5 -
All About Cybercrime
IC3 and Cybercrime
With cybercrime, says SSA Larkin, it’s not that
cut and dried. Crooks of the cyber type may strike at thousands,
perhaps hundreds of thousands of targets in a single shot. Playing
a numbers game of percentages, they potentially swindle huge amounts
of money in short amounts of time, without cheating any single
person badly enough to cause a major stir.
Unless an astute cyber investigator puts it all
together and realizes that many small scams are being run by a
single operator, the resources needed to bust the bad guys may never
be brought to bear. On occasion, enough pieces of the puzzle fall
into place and form a picture of what is going on. It may be well
after the fact however, with vital evidence having long since been
destroyed. The trail goes cold, as they say, very quickly. Thus
time is of the essence when investigating cyber crime.
This need to expedite cyber investigations is
at the heart of IC3’s philosophy of acting quickly; building cases
in real time as the crimes are occurring. IC3 is often able to glom
diverse and seemingly unconnected reports together to form a
cohesive picture. If the trail that begins to develop leads
overseas, IC3 may still be able to work alongside foreign
government’s officials and continue to pursue the case further.
Feasibly, the days of automatic immunity from U.S. laws for overseas
perpetrators are drawing to a close.
The United States is not alone, however, in
taking a dim and serious view of cyber crime. India is just one
foreign government that has taken steps to counter the problem. In
2000, India passed the Information Technology Act, which removes
some of the ambiguity of the law by establishing legal definitions
for many cyber offenses, including hacking, tampering and the
distribution of obscene material. Under this act, India has
established an array of punishments for convicted offenders ranging
from fines to imprisonment for up to 10 years.
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