DATE= 12/10/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-223981
TITLE=G-8/CYBER CRIME (L)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: HERE IN WASHINGTON, THE GROUP OF SEVEN MAJOR
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES PLUS RUSSIA HAVE AGREED TO EXPAND
COOPERATION AIMED AT CRACKING DOWN ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER
CYBER-CRIME. TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THE EIGHT
NATION GROUP ANNOUNCED THEIR PLAN AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY,
AND V-O-A CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE HAS OUR REPORT.
TEXT: AFTER TWO DAYS OF TALKS, THE TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS FROM THE GROUP OF EIGHT MEETING HERE IN WASHINGTON
AGREED ON A JOINT STRATEGY DESIGNED TO COUNTER WHAT THEY SEE AS
THE GROWING MENACE OF COMPUTER CYBER-CRIME AROUND THE WORLD.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EIGHT COUNTRIES HAVE AGREED TO PROVIDE
BETTER TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGHTING
HIGH-TECH CRIME. THEY WILL ALSO ESTABLISH COMPUTER CRIME CONTACTS
IN EACH OF THE EIGHT COUNTRIES AVAILABLE ON A 24-HOUR BASIS TO
IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
U-S ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO PREDICTS THE NEW COMMITMENT ON
FIGHTING CYBER-CRIME WILL PRODUCE SOME IMMEDIATE RESULTS.
/// RENO ACT. ///
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THE CRIMINAL THAT USES
THE COMPUTER FASTER. WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP
EVIDENCE THAT WILL PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PROSECUTION AND I THINK THE APPREHENSION, THE
PROSECUTION, THE CONVICTION WILL SEND AN IMPORTANT
MESSAGE.
/// END ACT. ///
THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE GROUP OF EIGHT ALSO SAYS THE
COUNTRIES HAVE AGREED TO DEVELOP FASTER METHODS TO TRACE ATTACKS
COMING THROUGH COMPUTER NETWORKS. IN ADDITION, THE EIGHT NATIONS
INVOLVED WILL TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO EXTRADITE A SUSPECTED
COMPUTER CRIMINAL FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER AND TO IMPROVE
COOPERATION IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF COMPUTER
CRIMES. JUSTICE MINISTERS FROM THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES ALSO HOPE TO
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF STANDARDIZING PUNISHMENTS FOR COMPUTER
CRIMES REGARDLESS OF WHICH NATION THEY OCCUR IN.
/// OPT /// KURT SCHELTER IS GERMANY'S STATE SECRETARY IN THE
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. HE SAYS GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWING USE OF COMPUTERS BY
ORGANIZED CRIME, ESPECIALLY THOSE ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL
MIGRATION AND DRUGS.
/// SCHELTER ACT. ///
CYBER-CRIME IS A PART OF ORGANIZED CRIME. AND AS YOU
PERHAPS KNOW, ALL THOSE MAN-SMUGGLERS AND ALL THOSE
WHICH ARE ORGANIZING MAN-SMUGGLING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
AND CAR THEFT AND SO ON, ARE USING COMPUTERS FOR THEIR
BUSINESS, SO TO SAY.
/// END ACT & OPT ///
RUSSIA'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE MEETING SAY THEY HAVE NOTED AN
UPSURGE IN COMPUTER CRIME SINCE 1991. RUSSIA'S PROCURATOR
GENERAL, YURIY SKURATOV, SAYS ONE OF THE PRIME BENEFITS OF THIS
MEETING WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND COMPARE
CRIME-FIGHTING METHODS.
/// SKURATOV ACT. ///
THAT IS WHY WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY VALUABLE AND
IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION IN THIS SUMMIT. AND WE HAVE
TRIED TO EXCHANGE SOME OF OUR OWN EXPERIENCES IN
FIGHTING THIS TYPE OF CRIME.
/// END ACT. ///
SURVEYS OF MAJOR COMPANIES BY PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS SHOW THAT IN
1996 ALONE, 58-PERCENT OF THE COMPANIES SURVEYED REPORTED AT
LEAST ONE ATTEMPT TO GAIN UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THEIR COMPUTER
SYSTEMS. THE EIGHT COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE COMPUTER CRIME
FIGHTING EFFORT ARE BRITAIN, CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY, JAPAN,
ITALY, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. (SIGNED)
NEB/JBM/WFR
10-Dec-97 4:59 PM EST (2159 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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