{"id":3112,"date":"2016-08-23T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2016-08-23T10:25:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:25:07","slug":"dangerous-cybercrimes-going-unpunished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/dangerous-cybercrimes-going-unpunished\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Dangerous Cybercrimes Going Unpunished?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While some cybercriminals are getting the crackdown, there are many, many more who aren\u2019t facing prosecution. The main reason cybercrime<\/a><\/strong> is so hard to penalize is because it so often happens internationally. This means that criminals might be in one country, while their victims are others.<\/p>\n

Finding the police jurisdiction for the cybercrime is the major reason why cybercriminals so often walk free. Does this make you wonder what\u2019s so hard about setting up an international police unit that cracks down on cybercrime? Here are just a few of the steps required to crack down on cybercriminals.<\/p>\n

1. Create an operation base.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To crack down on a cybercrime ring, law enforcement needs to get as many agencies together as necessary. That means that multiple agencies in many different countries might get involved with the crackdown. With so many agencies coordinating, law enforcement needs to find a single coordination center to create and communicate a plan of action.<\/p>\n

Read More: OldFashioned Crime Goes Cyber in 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Exchange information internationally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each agency within the joined forces needs to be able to share information with every other agency. That means that they need to create a system that lets them exchange information and create protocols that ensure that each agency receives the same data.<\/p>\n

3. Send out the ground forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While crimes take place online, criminals live in the real world. In addition to the coordinated headquarters, law enforcement needs to send out police in the countries where the crimes have been taking place. These on-the-ground officers ensure the agencies find more information on the hackers.<\/p>\n

4. Find the bad guys.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once they have a case against the cybercriminals, law enforcement needs to track them down in the real world. Just like with any other criminal, it\u2019s now time for these agencies to knock on \u2014 and perhaps knock down<\/em> \u2014 some doors.<\/p>\n

As hard as it is to bust crime in the real world, it\u2019s even harder to bust crime in the virtual world. That\u2019s why you need to take measures to keep yourself safe. The best way to keep your information safe from cybercriminals isn\u2019t to wait for the law to catch up. Instead, you need to protect yourself now.<\/p>\n

With PSafe Total<\/a><\/strong>, you can keep your information safe. The software\u2019s Antivirus feature scans your SD cards and phone files 24-hours a day so you can catch breaches quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because cybercrimes are remote, it\u2019s hard for countries to prosecute the criminals in real life. That\u2019s why cybercriminals launch sophisticated attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1455,1415,259,182,2171,161],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-crimes","tag-cybercrime","tag-hackers","tag-malware","tag-punish","tag-virus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}