Top computer graduates are being lured into cybercrime

One threat emerges above all: the surge in cyber-related crime.

Organised gangs are this generation’s most-talented computer programmers – and national police forces are struggling to keep up. Most cybercrime operations are based in eastern Europe, Mr Wainwright says. The Mr Bigs of the cybercrime world are likely to speak with a Russian accent, operate from a nice flat, pay their taxes and live beyond the reach of Europol’s 28 member states.