Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee.
Gordon M. Snow, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
July 28, 2010Good morning, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gohmert and Members of the Subcommittee. I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today regarding the FBI’s efforts to combat cyber crime as it relates to social networking sites.
Let me begin by acknowledging that the rapid expansion of the Internet has allowed us to learn, to communicate, and to conduct business in ways that were unimaginable 20 years ago. Still, the same technology, to include the surge in the use of social networking sites over the past two years, has given cyber thieves and child predators new, highly effective avenues to take advantage of unsuspecting users. These cyber criminals are using a variety of schemes to defraud or victimize innocent social networking site users, some of which I would like to highlight today.
Complete Article covering,
Social Engineering
Fraud Schemes
Phishing Scams
Data Mining
The Cyber Underground
Beyond Cyber Crime
FBI Cyber Mission and Strategic Partnerships
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