Victims of cyber crime
Victims of cyber crime should be ‘low priority’ if they fail to take security steps. Official study backed by City of London Police suggests ‘hard decisions’ should be made if victims admit they did not follow security advice.
Victims who fail to take precautions against cyber crime should be treated as a lower priority by police than others who have acted to improve their own security, an official report has suggested.
The controversial proposal, contained in a study backed by Britain’s leading police force on economic crime, would mean police would dedicate less effort to solving electronic crimes if victims had failed to change their passwords, install security software or read up on online scams.