Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1664-999138683-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 6460 invoked by uid 510); 30 Aug 2001 02:31:47 -0000 Received: from n25.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.75) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 30 Aug 2001 02:31:47 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1664-999138683-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by mv.egroups.com with NNFMP; 30 Aug 2001 02:31:23 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2); 30 Aug 2001 02:31:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 33490 invoked from network); 30 Aug 2001 02:30:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 Aug 2001 02:30:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 30 Aug 2001 02:30:20 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id TAA00464 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:30:20 -0700 Message-Id: <200108300230.TAA00464@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] Cybercrime Hits Two-Thirds of British Firms Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cybercrime Hits Two-Thirds of British Firms Reuters, 8/29/2001 http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010829/tc/britain_cybercrime_dc_1.html E-business enthusiasm is wobbling within British firms, with two-thirds falling victim to cybercrime in the past year, a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) showed on Wednesday. Hacking, viruses and credit card fraud are some of the more common offences suffered by the 148 companies in the survey. And even though 69 percent said the financial loss was negligible, they fear their reputations could be tarnished. The CBI data showed 53 percent of businesses felt safe trading online with other businesses, but confidence dropped to 32 percent when it came to dealing with consumers via the web. ``This survey clearly shows that fears about potential financial losses and damage to reputation from cybercrime are stalling the growth of e-business, especially for business-to-consumer transactions,'' Digby Jones, CBI director general, said in a statement. He urged the government to set up a national center for online crime, modeled along the lines of the Internet Fraud Complaint Center in the United States, to combat the changing cybercriminal profile. Once most internet fraud was committed by someone inside the company but now external hackers pose the biggest threat, accounting for 45 percent of attacks. Former employees and professional criminals each make up 13 percent, with current employees accounting for 11 percent. The CBI also wants Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) to extend the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 to cover attacks that bring entire computer systems to their knees. But Jones said businesses could not be complacent and should minimize their exposure to would-be cybercriminals. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide: "Securing Your Web Site for Business." Get it Now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/n7RbFC/zhwCAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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