Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes said the strides Bexley had made with the launch of the taskforce, together with the efforts under the Met-wide Operation Ferrous, delivered "a forceful message to those intent on carrying out such malicious theft and sabotage that it will not be tolerated".
The damage resulting from malicious cyberactivities, such as theft of personal data or intellectual property, is enormous, even if mainly economic for now.
But until now the concern has been with the surreptitious installation of malicious software and the theft of intellectual property by semi-official government hackers.
The hole allows attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code that runs when a victim views a chat message, enabling theft of information, including a user's address book (see video below).
Theft of psychiatric records.
Take theft of honest services.
Will theft of intellectual property be punished?
The petty theft of subway riders' fedoras.
Theft of computer equipment N11.
