Crime on the Internet causes more damage to the countries than drug trafficking, says the report of the Commons home affairs committee.

Crime on the Internet causes more damage to the countries than drug trafficking, says the report of the British Commons home affairs committee, excerpts from which are cited by the Guardian Newspaper.

According to the experts of Norton security company which has been addressed by the committee, profits from illegal internet activities around the world amount to $388bn, whereas drug trafficking brings $288bn.

«We (Great Britain) are not winning the war against criminal activities on the Internet. We are too complacent about internet wars, because their victims are hidden in cyberspace. The threat of a cyber-attack to the UK is so serious it is marked as a higher threat than a nuclear attack» – notes head of the committee, MP Keith Vaz.

According to Vaz, the problem is that internet crimes are rarely investigated and they are not reported. As it is said in the report, banks simply refund losses and do not report crimes to the police. He believes that sentences for hackers must be changed. It is also important to fund the war against cybercrime are teach the police to deal with it.

According to the research, Great Britain is one of the favorite targets for hackers around the world and within the EU.

Source: RIA News