Quotes About Cybercrime

Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers.

We need to take lessons learned from fighting terrorism and apply them to cyber crime.

What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime.

The difference between theft and destruction is often a few keystrokes.

In the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're knocking off servers.

Cyber attacks are not going away.

Like everybody else, criminals of all stripes increasingly rely on wireless communications, hand-held devices, and the Internet.

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief.

Cybersecurity continues to be a significant threat to public and private enterprises, governments and individuals.

I think hacking's important. Most Americans should worry about it no matter what side of the aisle you're on.

I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.

I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security.

But modern malware is aimed less at exploiting individual computers than exploiting the Internet. A botnet-creating worm doesn't want to harm your computer; it wants to use it.

An amazing thing about our digital age is that the person next to you at Starbucks might just be hacking into a Swiss bank or launching multiwarhead nuclear missiles continents away.

What I heard one of the veteran black hats say to a trainee remains true today: "Social engineering is the easiest way to break into a system.

I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.

Cyber terrorism could also become more attractive as the real and virtual worlds become more closely coupled, with automobiles, appliances, and other devices attached to the Internet.

The Internet is a worldwide platform for sharing information. It is a community of common interests. No country is immune to such global challenges as cybercrime, hacking, and invasion of privacy.

Cyber criminals often operate through online forums, selling illicit goods and services, including tools that lower the barrier to entry for aspiring criminals and that can be used to facilitate malicious cyber activity.

Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

The Internet can be used to hurt many people.

Online crime is practically always international, because they almost always cross traditional national borders.

Transnational organized cybercriminal groups have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and ordinary citizens.

A lot of people see scammers as, like, just one guy in a basement with his computer, but actually, I think it's probably almost kind of a call centre.