Teenage hackers are offered a second chance under European experiment
European authorities are testing out the idea that not every cybercrime investigation has to end with a hacker in handcuffs. Police in the U.K. and the Netherlands have created a legal intervention campaign for first-time offenders accused of committing cybercrimes, officials explained Tuesday at the International Conference on Cybersecurity at Fordham University. The effort, called “Hack_Right,” is aimed at first-time offenders between 12 and 23 years old who may be skirting the law from behind their keyboard and not even realize it. The experiment, which began last year, already has involved interactions with more than 400 young people in the U.K., the officials said. “We do this … to get out and find them and get them into computing clubs before we have to investigate someone and lock them up,” said Gregory Francis, acting national prevent lead at the National Cyber Crime Unit of the National Crime Agency. “[Cybercrime] is not a law […]
The post Teenage hackers are offered a second chance under European experiment appeared first on CyberScoop.
Continue reading Teenage hackers are offered a second chance under European experiment