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How to Report a Computer Crime
Fri, 11/02/2012 - 9:16am

Do you know how to report a computer crime? The Department of Justice website contains a Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section with a contact page for reporting incidents.Do you know how to report a computer crime? Or even who you would report it to?

In the USA, most cybercrime offences are covered by Title 18, United States Code (USC) Section 1030 – Fraud and related activity in connection with computers.

The Department of Justice website contains a Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section with a contact page for reporting incidents to local, state or Federal Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA).

In general, it's important that all computer crime is reported. Even if no investigation follows, crime report intelligence can be built up and an accurate picture of the levels of computer crime can be produced.

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Source: NakedSecurity

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