Banking and personal data, company secrets... We're all on the web these days. The threat is from cybercriminals. The EU is improving its laws to fight against these modern-day gangsters. EuroparlTV investigates. Let's take an old PC in working order, connect it to the internet, and deliberately infect it with a computer virus. This is of course what you shouldn't do. Let's now see the danger faced by an internet-user after the infection. The risk is enormous, as you won't see at once that the computer is infected. So a small program that loads itself onto your computer can allow a cybercriminal to access your information, online banking, passwords, your online accounts, etc, and to act in your place without your knowledge. Security on the internet is a priority. Is it so very easy to hack into a site? We carried out an intrusion test on the website of a Belgian SME. The French company Sysdream, licensed to do this, specialises in computer security. It employs benevolent hackers and advises companies and public ministries. The site is basically poorly protected. Here, one can say that there's leaking of information which can end up in total corruption of the database, which allows the attacker to find passwords and thus to access sensitive services. There's a certain vulnerability in its forms. This is an authentication form. There are automated tools, so it's been possible for us to find a complete dump of the database with one user in particular here. His email... which will give us access... This is... We've got web access... OK. Right. And now we have direct access to his mailbox. The greatest danger is theft of data concerning the company or damage to the company's reputation which could cause a fall in share prices, as we saw for Sony, for example. Every day thousands of private and professional users are infected by viruses or other malware. The cybercriminals' favourite targets now are online banking websites. Recently in Belgium several online banking sites were hacked into via their users, among other methods. Tens of thousands of euros were stolen. We're looking at the whole process of the cybercriminals. They need people who will receive the money. They're called money mules. And we're going to work on the people doing the recruiting. Often these cybercriminals operate from a country outside the European Union. That's where Europol comes in. Dozens of police officers from all countries assist investigators from Member States. Gathering and coordinating information between Europol and police in Member States is essential in cyberspace. The problem with cybercrime is that it's much easier and much more risk-free in the cyberworld than in the offline world, because the police have difficulties investigating. It requires rapid reaction and it also requires us to be very skilled in attacking these gangsters who hide in many countries. The EU institutions are not immune to cyberattacks. In 2011 the European Parliament's website was targeted by Anonymous activists. To counter such attacks, the EU has set up a group of computer experts, CERT-EU. The potential danger is that somebody, by sneaking into our computers, could have access to information and steal it without anybody knowing, and have an advantage, whether it's geopolitical or economic. That's an important issue. The EU is improving its laws on cybersecurity. Penalties for cybercriminals will be heavier and cooperation between police and surveillance services improved. But in the end wouldn't it be better to return to the good old paper letter to send a message securely?
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