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NIPC Insights: Cybercrime Threats to E-Commerce and Society

Calendar Oct 19, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Michael Vatis, director of the USA's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), said the threat of crime using the internet was real and growing. Speaking at the World E-Commerce Forum in London, he described an "array of threats" to e-commerce and society . . . Michael Vatis, director of the USA's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), said the threat of crime using the internet was real and growing. Speaking at the World E-Commerce Forum in London, he described an "array of threats" to e-commerce and society in general.

The NIPC is responsible for assessing and investigating threats to the USA's critical infrastructures, including electronic threats.

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