LONDON: Governments are ill-prepared to combat the looming threat of "online murder" as cybercriminals exploit internet
technology to target victims, the European policing agency warned.
In its most alarming assessment of the physical danger posed by
online crime, Europol said it expected a rise in "injury and possible deaths" caused by
computer attacks on critical safety
equipment.
Police forensic techniques need to "adapt and grow" to address the dangers posed by the so-called "Internet of Everything" — a new
era of technological.interconnectedness in which everything from garage doors to
hospital health systems will be linked and controlled through computer networks.
The concept is behind the likely development of smart homes, cars and even cities, but police warned that the failure to protect devices properly could see them open to
being hacked by outsiders to make money or to attack opponents.
The Europol threat assessment published last week cited a report by US security firm IID that predicted the first murder via "hacked internet-connected device" by the end of 2014.
There have been no proven cases of murder by tampering with devices but hackers have highlighted numerous flaws in
computer security systems.
http://m.timesofindia.com/tech/tech-news/Internet-of-everything-The-first-online-murder-will-happen-by-end-of-2014/articleshow/44389305.cms
technology to target victims, the European policing agency warned.
In its most alarming assessment of the physical danger posed by
online crime, Europol said it expected a rise in "injury and possible deaths" caused by
computer attacks on critical safety
equipment.
Police forensic techniques need to "adapt and grow" to address the dangers posed by the so-called "Internet of Everything" — a new
era of technological.interconnectedness in which everything from garage doors to
hospital health systems will be linked and controlled through computer networks.
The concept is behind the likely development of smart homes, cars and even cities, but police warned that the failure to protect devices properly could see them open to
being hacked by outsiders to make money or to attack opponents.
The Europol threat assessment published last week cited a report by US security firm IID that predicted the first murder via "hacked internet-connected device" by the end of 2014.
There have been no proven cases of murder by tampering with devices but hackers have highlighted numerous flaws in
computer security systems.
http://m.timesofindia.com/tech/tech-news/Internet-of-everything-The-first-online-murder-will-happen-by-end-of-2014/articleshow/44389305.cms
