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International Cybercrime Taskforce Launched To Tackle On Line Crime

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

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International Cybercrime Taskforce Launched To Tackle On Line Crime

The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) launched Sept. 1 to strengthen the fight against cybercrime in the European Union and beyond. Cybercrime affects the military, defense industry, and governments as well as citizens, regardless of their national borders or jurisdictions. J-CAT offers the possibility to address the most impactful crimes affecting many states in a joint, well-concerted manner and with the assistance of EC3. The European Cybercrime Center (EC3) is hosted by Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency. The…

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