Availability of low-level hacking tools encourages criminal behaviour
The BBC is reporting that according to a report, free, easy-to-use hacking tools help many young people slip into a life of cyber-crime.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has detailed the “pathways” taken by people who become criminals.
Many started by getting involved with game-cheat websites or forums that talked about ways to change or “mod” games, its report said…
Young people who in the real world wouldn’t dream of committing a crime are, in their online world, stealing other people’s data, vandalising websites, taking down servers. Breaking the law, causing real damage to real victims.
It’s a world where the line between right and wrong can seem blurred…
Factors defining the pathway leading to cyber-crime included:
- low barriers to entry thanks to the wide availability of easy-to-use hacking tools
- easy access to illegal programs
- a low risk of being caught
- a perception that hacking was a victimless crime
These factors conspired to create “an environment in which more young people are becoming involved in cyber-crime”, the NCA said.
This brought a significant risk with it, because it had “brought the ability to cause significant harm within reach of the young and relatively unskilled cyber-criminals”…
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