Jose R. Rosario Jr.
HSM438
Instructor: Earl Ballou
October 29th, 2013
Introduction Since the beginning of the internet new opportunities for criminal activities have increased significantly. Most of America’s government agencies, businesses, citizens, online businesses activities have been subjects of numerous attacks. America is dependent upon its computer networks to ensure operations of its infrastructure and national security. Many problems can be attributed to international crimes like the attack on the financial networks on September 11, 2008. This caused the fall of the stock market from anonymous people using naked shorts that are considered illegal today which was used to destroy our financial …show more content…
Many cases of data and identity thefts only show the vulnerability of Americans in terms of the protection of their personal data. With the purpose of addressing these challenges, St. Louis County is responsible to play a part in protecting the country by the enforcement of a cyber-crime unit that is able to assist government institutions, businesses, and citizens to fight against cyber terrorism. The thought is that this will develop into a larger defense strategy which can be linked with other agencies like local law enforcements agencies, police departments, DHS, CIA, ATB, ICE, and FBI. The three most risky cybercrimes affecting citizens in the St. Louis County are known to be sexual solicitation, identity theft, and cyber-attacks affecting individual computers or the networks. In order to protect the county from these crimes the police commissioner has been me to put together and build a special cyber-crime task …show more content…
Internet user’s ranges from children of 10 through 17 years of are easy targets for sexual predators. They are masters at convincing teenagers to meet up with them by using internet chat rooms or other social networks like Facebook or My Space. They do this by pretending to be someone who is looking for a friend. Through the creation of a counterfeit profile that displays good-looking pictures of a young boy or girl plus a list of hobbies and interests which was meant by the pedophile to entice a young boy or girl. They are known to do this to persuade the gullible children to interact in person so they can commit deviant sexual acts to them, thereafter in person. When they see each other in person often it will be an adult who kidnaps, rape, and often kill the child after they have done with them. It is not uncommon to find a body that was thrown in a place where they were not being able to discover. Identify theft that is another matter that must be taken seriously, because it has led to billions of dollars and the ruin of many innocent