- Jan 24, 2011
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The administration under president Obama thinks that those who commit cybercrimes should be held more responsible for their actions, current laws being too soft.
Pablo Martinez was quoted by the Ye Olde Soapbox blog as saying that maximum sentences for these illegal activities should better keep up with the amount of damage caused by them.
As a Secret Service Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Martinez revealed that "Online criminals organize in networks, often with defined roles for participants, in order to manage and perpetuate ongoing criminal enterprises dedicated to stealing commercial data and selling it for profit."
"Secret Service investigations have shown that complex and sophisticated electronic crimes are rarely perpetrated by a lone individual," Martinez further went.
He appeared along with Associate Deputy Attorney General James Baker in front of the Senate's Judiciary Committee to discuss potential modifications made to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act regarding the penalties for illegal online activities.
"As computer technology has evolved, it has become a key tool of organized crime," Baker said.
He also believes that "Many of these criminal organizations are similarly tied to traditional Asian and Eastern European organized crime organizations."
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Pablo Martinez was quoted by the Ye Olde Soapbox blog as saying that maximum sentences for these illegal activities should better keep up with the amount of damage caused by them.
As a Secret Service Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Martinez revealed that "Online criminals organize in networks, often with defined roles for participants, in order to manage and perpetuate ongoing criminal enterprises dedicated to stealing commercial data and selling it for profit."
"Secret Service investigations have shown that complex and sophisticated electronic crimes are rarely perpetrated by a lone individual," Martinez further went.
He appeared along with Associate Deputy Attorney General James Baker in front of the Senate's Judiciary Committee to discuss potential modifications made to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act regarding the penalties for illegal online activities.
"As computer technology has evolved, it has become a key tool of organized crime," Baker said.
He also believes that "Many of these criminal organizations are similarly tied to traditional Asian and Eastern European organized crime organizations."
Read more
