[科技前沿]國際網絡罪犯瞄準倫敦奧運會

來源：Times Onlime 編輯：Vicki

今日,一名高級警官透露,國際網絡犯罪團伙準備利用網絡破壞2012年的倫敦奧運會,蘇格蘭場已經成立了一直專家隊伍來防範可能出現的針對奧運會的電子和網絡的攻擊.威廉姆斯女士告訴記者,目前這些網絡犯罪團伙已經襲擊了倫敦的一些醫院,警察局和私人企業,還包括一些著名的網店.

International cyber criminals targeting London Olympics

International criminal networks are preparing to disrupt the London 2012 Olympics with cyber attacks, a senior police officer warned today.

Scotland Yard (蘇格蘭場)has set up a specialist team to examine the extent of the threat of electronic and internet attacks on the Games.

Janet Williams, Deputy Assistant Commissioner(副助理專員) at Scotland Yard, said that officers were investigating a number of front companies that criminals have set up to make money in complex frauds.

Ms Williams, who is responsible for leading the fight against electronic crime, said: “We are starting to see some precursor (前導,先導)activity, we are starting to see companies being set up in what we believe are false names in anticipation of fraud and other types of criminal activity during the run-up (醞釀時期,助跑)to the Olympics.”

Speaking in Manchester at the Association of Chief Police Officers conference(高級警官協會會議), she added: “There is a lot of work to be done with e-crime and the Olympics.

“We know from Canada and Beijing that the threats are real and they have grown in the last six months.”

Ms Williams said that criminals may be preparing sophisticated electronic attacks on athlete protection arrangements, the transport infrastructure, sponsorship(贊助) deals and ticketing.

She added: “These are all potentially subject to abuses and we need to understand these and put plans in place quickly.”

Ms Williams warned that cyber criminals were determined, sophisticated and flourishing.

The conference heard that three million online crimes take place in Britain every year, about one every 10 seconds.

Ms Williams said that in recent months criminal networks had targeted London hospitals, police forces and major private companies, including well-known online shops.

She said: “Very recently we have had three London hospitals badly affected — that was identified as computer viruses overloading the systems.

“We have had police forces who have lost considerable parts of their capability for considerable periods of time and we have had attacks that have stopped other public services.”

Keke View：2012年倫敦奧運會，即2012年夏季奧林匹克運動會，正式名稱爲第三十屆夏季奧林匹克運動會。2005年7月6日，國際奧委會在新加坡舉行的第117次國際奧委會會議上宣佈，由英國倫敦主辦此次奧運會，這是倫敦第3次主辦夏季奧運會。
　　倫敦是迄今爲止舉辦夏季奧運會次數最多的城市。也是歷史上首座三度舉辦奧運會的城市，第一次：1908年倫敦奧運會；第二次：1948年倫敦奧運會；第三次：2012年倫敦奧運會。
　　注：1944年倫敦奧運會未舉辦（倫敦只取得舉辦權，因第二次世界大戰未舉行）。