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World-first "Cybercrime Index" ranks countries by cybercrime threat level
- ano-ther 3y agoIt maps where the cybercriminals come from, not where they attack. Top scores: Russia, Ukraine, China, US, Nigeria https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297312 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... > The survey asked participants to consider five major categories of cybercrime, nominate the countries that they consider to be the most significant sources of each of these types of cybercrimes, and then rank each nominated country according to the impact, professionalism, and technical skill of its offenders. The outcome of the survey is the World Cybercrime Index, a global metric of cybercriminality organised around five types of cybercrime.