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"Hacker" robbed a Billion U.S. Dollars Each Year



(Our Tech Blog) Valiena Allison, Chief Executive Officer ExperiMetal Inc., in Michigan was shocked when he gets a call from the bank Comerica Inc. The bank official said the presence of Internet transactions stemming from the company accounts for 5.2 million U.S. dollars (equivalent to Rp 44 billion).

Although they have never approve any transaction, the evidence suggests that the computer that Allison had done the transaction. When Allison tried to get help banks, instead he blamed for allowing hackers (hackers) hacked into her computer.

That's just one of thousands of cyber crimes that occurred in the United States (U.S.) and Europe. Internet security experts from Dell SecureWorks, Don Jackson, said more than 1 billion U.S. dollars money of small and medium-sized banking customers in the U.S. and Europe each year hackers compromised.

"The amount of money stolen from customers is greater than ever carried the famous robbers of old," said Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator from the Democratic Party last year led the task force of cyber security intelligence.

Small companies become targets

According to Whitehouse, is currently organized crime in Eastern Europe targeting small companies, schools, and local governments. The reason, company accounts and these institutions are generally only get the basic protection issued by a bank or a regional community. In addition, money in such accounts are not insured.

"If all those taboos that their accounts at the bank of small and medium-risk, they will move it to JPMorgan Chase," said James Woodhill, financial managers who require small and medium-sized banks increase the security of online banking.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the second largest bank in the U.S. that guarantee commercial accounts and deposits from all forms of cybercrime. "We have invested substantially in the prevention and detection of fraud," said Patrick Linehan, spokesman for JPMorgan.

Cybercrime is a new priority which handled the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Secret Service. Two institutions that have improved the ability and power to fight cyber crime, including cooperation with law enforcement in various countries.

As quoted from kompas, U.S. National Security Council report states that cyber crime has become a serious threat to the financial system so it is categorized as crimes that threaten national security. How in Indonesia?