[Infowarrior] - EU cybercrime alert system (+ backdoors?)

[Richard Forno]

Note para 3 -- sounds very pie-in-the-sky to me, and certainly not  
very "doable" with a good degree of certainty and security.     --rf


Europe to get cybercrime alert system
Posted by Nick Heath
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10110133-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Europe is getting a cybercrime alert system as part of a European  
Union drive to fight online criminals.

According to plans, European law enforcement body Europol will receive  
300,000 euros ($386,430) to build an alert system that pools reports  
of cybercrime, such as online identification and financial theft, from  
across the 27 member states.

Police will launch more remote searches of suspects' hard drives over  
the Internet, as well as cyberpatrols to spot and track illegal  
activity, under the strategy adopted by the European Union's council  
of ministers Thursday.

The strategy, a blueprint for fighting cybercrime in the EU over the  
next five years, also introduces measures to encourage businesses and  
police to share information on investigations and cybercrime trends.

"The strategy encourages the much-needed operational cooperation and  
information exchange between the member states," said Jacques Barrot,  
vice president of the European Commission. "If the strategy is to make  
the fight against cybercrime more efficient, all stakeholders have to  
be fully committed to its implementation. We are ready to support  
them, also financially, in their efforts."

Plans for the EU alert system follow the recent establishments of the  
Police Central E-crime Unit and National Fraud Strategic Authority,  
which aim to fight cybercrime in the United Kingdom.

Nick Heath of Silicon.com reported from London.