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REPRINTED FROM: Korea Times
JAN 12, 2001 ARTICLE ID: 564
Law enforcement authorities are playing a cat-and-mouse game with
computer hackers and those committing crimes in cyber space.
This uphill battle is a result of the rapidly-increasing cyber crimes
since more and more people are doing business, shopping, sending
e-mail and getting information through the Internet and other
websites.
"Although we increased manpower and introduced cutting-edge technology
in an effort to eradicate cyber crimes, it is still difficult to fight
such crimes because criminals are becoming more sophisticated and
intelligent," an officer from the cyber crime investigation bureau of
the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said yesterday.
In order to avoid police, criminals usually conduct their activities
late at night or early in the morning.
In particular, criminals log on to some sites designed for the sharing
of programs used for cyber crimes such as hacking programs, from 4
a.m. to 6:00 a.m., making use of the police's insufficient manpower.
Early in the morning when hundreds or even thousands of hackers and
cyber criminals are active, only two or three police officers are
available to track them down.
Taking advantage of the authorities' helplessness, dealers of obscene
CD's take orders from customers at PC rooms and provide door-to-door
delivery service, after opening bank accounts with stolen
identification cards.
Although police can successfully locate a PC room through its
information provider (IP) address, criminals never come back to the
same place to avoid possible arrest.
"When it comes to fighting Internet crimes, the Korean police has
world-class skills. But the criminals' cleverness in evading capture
is beyond imagination," said one policeman, adding that, "we suffer
many difficulties because they develop more sophisticated methods all
the time."
The more serious problem is that a growing number of teenagers are
engaging in cyber crime. Last week, a high school boy was arrested on
charges of running a website depicting explicit child pornography and
selling CDs and tapes containing the obscene material.
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