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Internet crime

A number of governments have started taking the problem seriously, particularly the US and several European countries. The rush was prompted by a sudden rise in serious cyber crime early this year, like in March when hackers got hold of credit card details of 45 million TK Maxx clients.

Apparently, cracking down on criminal activity in the folds of the information superhighway is much more complicated than similar pursuit in the conventional world. The Web was designed to facilitate smooth information flow, but it seems that feverish computer commotion has given root to pockets of ‘wiz-kids’ with state-of-the-art know how – which requires little material means – and a sense of perversion, resulting in cyber crime.

For the present, methods to hunt and tame such criminals are not up to the mark. Therefore, governments’ sudden attention to the problem is not without good reason. Already, there have been a number of cases involving young adults breaking into computerised accounts of international banking systems and draining out much of the electronic gold.

The Internet must not be allowed to spread such fear and suffering. It is indeed an unprecedented revolution, and needs protection from pranksters bent upon creating rumpus because they’ve grown too big for their shoes.