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FBI Urges Improved Reporting On Cybercrime For National Security

Calendar Nov 01, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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cybercrime cybersecurity national security FBI e-crime incident reporting private sector
Following last year's 11 September terrorist attacks Mueller made the fight against cybercrime and cyberterrorism the FBI's number three priority behind counter terrorism and counterintelligence. . . Following last year's 11 September terrorist attacks Mueller made the fight against cybercrime and cyberterrorism the FBI's number three priority behind counter terrorism and counterintelligence.

But private-sector cooperation in that fight remains woefully inadequate, Mueller told an invitation-only meeting of industry and government officials.

"We probably get one-third of the [cybercrime] reports that we would like to get," said Mueller, speaking at the National Forum on Combating e-Crime and Cyberterrorism. "You're not enabling us to do the job," he added.

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