- Dec 30, 2012
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The head of the RCMP's financial and cybercrime unit is urging patience as police figure out the whack-a-mole world of online exploitation, where thousands of Canadians are hit with a ransomware attack every day.
"Just report your crime and be patient with police because we are still growing in this space," RCMP Chief Supt. Mark Flynn told CBC News.
"We're always catching up. That's the reality. In order to know where to go and where to target, we have to learn the behaviour. It's quite difficult to assume or guess what method somebody is going to use in the future and then be in a position to do that."
Flynn is the director general for financial crime and cybercrime within the RCMP's federal policing and criminal operations. His brief covers everything from pursuing ransomware and romance scams to sniffing out organized crime online and protecting banks' servers.
"Just report your crime and be patient with police because we are still growing in this space," RCMP Chief Supt. Mark Flynn told CBC News.
"We're always catching up. That's the reality. In order to know where to go and where to target, we have to learn the behaviour. It's quite difficult to assume or guess what method somebody is going to use in the future and then be in a position to do that."
Flynn is the director general for financial crime and cybercrime within the RCMP's federal policing and criminal operations. His brief covers everything from pursuing ransomware and romance scams to sniffing out organized crime online and protecting banks' servers.
