International Cybercrime Roundup

Here's a look at recent news in the cybercrime field from other countries:

• CANADA - The case of a convicted child pornographer who possessed 4.5 million images (the largest ever in Canada) has set the sentencing "benchmark ... at the maximum." How long exactly? Five years.
• CHINA - A website hosting illegal copies of Windows operating systems was recently shutdown. Over 4,000 copies were downloaded in 2011 alone.
• SERBIA - Police broke up a child pornography ring of more than 80 people in an operation known as Armagedon.
• UNITED KINGDOM - Northern Ireland schools participate in week of cyberbullying awareness.

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International Cybercrime Roundup

Here's a look at recent news in the cybercrime field from other countries.

• UNITED KINGDOM - A British court has ruled that the country's largest broadband Internet provider must block a website that allows visitors to download copyrighted material.
• CANADA - Peer-to-peer networks accessible only to university students at various Canadian schools has recently come to the government's attention.
• NEW ZEALAND - Three strikes copyright violation law has gone into effect, and the first notices have gone out. Once a person receives three notices, they could go before the Copyright Tribunal and face fines.
• TAIWAN - A Taiwanese file sharing company has been shutdown due to copyright law violations.
• GERMANY - The German government is using software that allows interception of communications and the takeover of a user's microphone and webcam despite clear laws showing that it is unconstitutional.

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