Cyber Crime Costing Global Economy Billions

2,450 views · Published 8 June 2014 · 2:31 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Sky News · 2014 · News & Politics

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New figures obtained by Sky News show that cybercrime is now costing the global economy almost as much as illegal drugs or piracy.

It has become so common that nearly all businesses, large or small, reported a breach of their computer systems last year.

Sky's technology correspondent Tom Cheshire reports.

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