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Use and Abuse—

Crimeon the Internet

Computer-based crime (i.e., criminal acts committed using comput-

ers or where computers hold evidence of a crime) is poorly measured.

Unfortunately, few if any solid metrics are available on the incidence,

proportion, or impact of illegal Internet uses. Regional computer forensic

laboratories run by the FBI in fteen different U.S. regions have experi-

enced rapid, sustained increases in the types, numbers, and quantities of

data involved in all criminal activities involving computers.

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The Internet

Crime Complaint Center reported a rise of 33% in complaints in the one-

year period ending in early 2009.

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Cybercrime experts meeting in Australia

in June 2009 cited growing Internet ...