The first ever World Cybercrime Index, compiled by researchers at the University of New South Wales Canberra and the University of Oxford, reveals that the United States is one of the leading sources of cybercrime globally. The index ranks countries based on the cybercriminal threat they pose, with Russia, Ukraine, China, Nigeria, and Romania also featuring prominently.
An international team of researchers have compiled the first ever World Cybercrime Index , which identifies the United States as one of the globe's most significant sources of cybercrime.The World Cybercrime Index , compiled by scientists at the University of New South Wales Canberra in Australia and the University of Oxford in the U.K., shows that a relatively small number of countries house the greatest cybercriminal threat.
'If suddenly you were being asked to pay funds into an account in Nigeria, Romania or Russia, you may think twice,' he explained. 'So, over time, a whole cashing out speciality has emerged, whereby cybercrime operations need people in the same place as the victims to receive funds and move them on.'Thomas Holt, a professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University who was not involved in the research, added that the U.S. experiences virtually all forms of cybercrime.
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