国际网络罪犯瞄准伦敦奥运会

来源：Times Onlime 编辑：Vicki

今日,一名高级警官透露,国际网络犯罪团伙准备利用网络破坏2012年的伦敦奥运会,苏格兰场已经成立了一直专家队伍来防范可能出现的针对奥运会的电子和网络的攻击.威廉姆斯女士告诉记者,目前这些网络犯罪团伙已经袭击了伦敦的一些医院,警察局和私人企业,还包括一些著名的网店.

International cyber criminals targeting London Olympics

International criminal networks are preparing to disrupt the London 2012 Olympics with cyber attacks, a senior police officer warned today.

Scotland Yard (苏格兰场)has set up a specialist team to examine the extent of the threat of electronic and internet attacks on the Games.

Janet Williams, Deputy Assistant Commissioner(副助理专员) at Scotland Yard, said that officers were investigating a number of front companies that criminals have set up to make money in complex frauds.

Ms Williams, who is responsible for leading the fight against electronic crime, said: “We are starting to see some precursor (前导,先导)activity, we are starting to see companies being set up in what we believe are false names in anticipation of fraud and other types of criminal activity during the run-up (酝酿时期,助跑)to the Olympics.”

Speaking in Manchester at the Association of Chief Police Officers conference(高级警官协会会议), she added: “There is a lot of work to be done with e-crime and the Olympics.

“We know from Canada and Beijing that the threats are real and they have grown in the last six months.”

Ms Williams said that criminals may be preparing sophisticated electronic attacks on athlete protection arrangements, the transport infrastructure, sponsorship(赞助) deals and ticketing.

She added: “These are all potentially subject to abuses and we need to understand these and put plans in place quickly.”

Ms Williams warned that cyber criminals were determined, sophisticated and flourishing.

The conference heard that three million online crimes take place in Britain every year, about one every 10 seconds.

Ms Williams said that in recent months criminal networks had targeted London hospitals, police forces and major private companies, including well-known online shops.

She said: “Very recently we have had three London hospitals badly affected — that was identified as computer viruses overloading the systems.

“We have had police forces who have lost considerable parts of their capability for considerable periods of time and we have had attacks that have stopped other public services.”

Keke View：2012年伦敦奥运会，即2012年夏季奥林匹克运动会，正式名称为第三十届夏季奥林匹克运动会。2005年7月6日，国际奥委会在新加坡举行的第117次国际奥委会会议上宣布，由英国伦敦主办此次奥运会，这是伦敦第3次主办夏季奥运会。
　　伦敦是迄今为止举办夏季奥运会次数最多的城市。也是历史上首座三度举办奥运会的城市，第一次：1908年伦敦奥运会；第二次：1948年伦敦奥运会；第三次：2012年伦敦奥运会。
　　注：1944年伦敦奥运会未举办（伦敦只取得举办权，因第二次世界大战未举行）。