Law enforcement agencies in the United States have set out to fight against cybercrime in the most effective way possible. Two of the most powerful US agencies, The FBI and NYPD, have combined their forces for this purpose. Both the organizations will use their power and authority to take down hackers in the US as well as other parts around the region.
Hackers pose a serious problem to the security of individuals as well as bigger organizations and even whole countries. Hacking leads to serious issues ranging from stealing of sensitive information and identity theft to bigger instances of terrorism around the world. Important government websites of the United States as well as the defense sector is constantly victimized by cyber attacks at a rate of 110,000 attacks in one hour. Therefore, the FBI and NYPD have set out to track illegal activities on the internet and take down hackers.
Apart from NYPD, the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will also seek the help of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to track activities related to cyber crime. In addition, a New York based team of forty-five members has been established in different parts of the country. The goal of the team is to deal with the issue of the ever growing cybercrimes. This involves keeping an eye on online activities of different individuals in the region.
Currently, no statement has been released by the FBI about further details of the project. It is also no known whether the internet monitoring will be confined to the US or to other parts of the world as well.
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