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UK NCA: Hacking Ensnaring Teenagers into Crime

posted by n1 on Monday April 24 2017, @09:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the gateway-drug-er-tools dept.

User a-zA-Z0-9$_.+!*'(),- writes:

Sky News reports:

Hacking is ensnaring teenagers who would otherwise be unlikely to be involved in traditional crime, says a National Crime Agency [UK] report.

It aims to understand how teenagers become hackers and is based on interviews with eight young people cautioned or sentenced for hacking offences.

The average age of cybercrime suspects was 17 years old and that the availability of low-level hacking tools "encourages criminal behaviour", it said.

[...] The NCA report suggested that targeted interventions towards teenagers at the early stages of hacking can steer them away from criminal hacking.

"Just say no" to hacking tools.

Additional reporting: BBC

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  • (Score: 2) by Refugee from beyond on Monday April 24 2017, @09:18AM (6 children)

    by Refugee from beyond (2699) on Monday April 24 2017, @09:18AM (#498729)

    Is GNU/Linux a “hacking tool?”

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @09:42AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @09:42AM (#498738)

    Yes, why wouldn't you use the copy of Windows that came with your machine? Are you hiding some illegal activity citizen?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @09:43AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @09:43AM (#498741)

      My machine didn't come with a copy of Windows.

      • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @09:45AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @09:45AM (#498744)

        My copy of Windows didn't come with a machine!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @12:27PM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @12:27PM (#498791)

          This is what happens if you download your copy of windows from TPB.

          • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @02:31PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @02:31PM (#498855)

            Well, I wasn't able to find the torrent for the hardware. I also had trouble locating a good torrent for the new Lamborghini I'd wanted to download. Found one but it turned out to be a Pinto after the torrent finished. Any advice?

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @03:43PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @03:43PM (#498891)

              steal it from the street? After all, You wouldn't download a car!