Home Secretary Amber Rudd plans to take down criminals exploiting anonymity online

The British government took a hardline stance on the dark beplay体育能用吗web yesterday, pledging a £9 million investment to tackle criminal activity found in the sinister corners of the internet.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd made the announcement on day two of the annual NCSC赛伯克conference in Manchester, where government, industry and law enforcement have gathered to highlight Britain’s commitment to the digital age and solidify the nation’s proactive position in the fight against cybercrime.

“We must be in no doubt that the cyber sphere is where modern day crime is committed, and international conflicts are played out,” said Rudd.

她补充说：“而且我们知道网络犯罪有不同的态度。”

“这是由无情的有组织犯罪团伙犯下的，他们在工业规模上进行黑客入侵和网络钓鱼，它是精致的骗局，可以使企业降低企业，或者以一笔触摸的按钮而消除收益。”

A total £50 million investment will be launched to improve the cyber capabilities of law enforcement on national, regional and local levels, Rudd said.

This comes as fraud and computer misuse offences in England and Wales account for nearly half of criminal acts, according to the latest records from the国家统计局。

一种最近的调查来自数字，文化，媒体和体育（DCMS）的部门，还详细介绍了过去12个月在英国经营的大约一半的企业在网络违规或攻击中如何经历。

The continued funding is part of a previous £1.9 billion five-year cybercrimeprevention schemeinstigated in 2016 with the UK’s National Cyber Security Strategy. More, however, still needs to be done in order to keep up with the increasingly sophisticated attacks taking place on British soil.

陆克文说：“目前，只有30％的地方警察部队具有最低限度标准的网络能力，并且随着犯罪的变化，警务也需要改变。”

The Home Secretary explained how the new funding would help see the implementation of a national training program for police officers and provide them with the tools needed to investigate and prosecute cases of cybercrime.

她补充说：“测量网络攻击是最近的新现象，我们从这些类型的犯罪中收集到的越多，越好。”

A further £3 million in funding is set to be allocated for cybercrime awareness – a continuation of the bipartisan Cyber Aware campaign, which began in 2014.

Most of Rudd’s focus, however, signalled in on the dark beplay体育能用吗web – an area of the internet designed to preserve the anonymity of both users and websites.

“There are sites that live stream child abuse to order, space for terrorists to plot and share their murderous expertise, and the option of ordering drugs to doorsteps,” said Rudd.

“A sickening shocking list of services and products are available. You can buy half a kilogram of fentanyl, the drug responsible for over 20,000 overdoses deaths in the US in the last year alone, for around £5 a gram.

“Alternatively, you can get a semi-automatic pistol for less than the price of a second-hand car, and for both, you can pay in bitcoin.”

去年WannaCry勒索软件袭击事件发生后，NCSC赞扬了NCSC“在英国对网络安全的强烈个人承诺”而受到称赞。

She said funding would build on current investigative work by the intelligence agencies and the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) dark beplay体育能用吗web intelligence unit.

过去对黑暗网络犯罪活动的调查导致了恋童癖马修·法尔德（Matthew Falder）的定罪，后者被判入狱32年beplay体育能用吗今年早些时候承认137起虐待儿童的指控。

“It’s vitally important that we have the ability to tackle more cases like this in the future,” said Rudd.

beplay体育能用吗在黑暗网络上发现的网站只能通过TOR访问 - 该软件可以使匿名性，由罪犯使用，以及记者，持不同政见者和激进主义者。

Rudd, while praising the benefits of technological advancement, did not mention the advantages that anonymity can bring to those whose safety is dependent on not being found.

“This strategy includes calling out those states and publically attributing their actions where we believe it is in the best interest of the UK to do so,” said Rudd.

“We will not shy away from taking the tough decisions that are necessary to keep us all safe.

“And that includes the dark beplay体育能用吗web, where anonymity emboldens people to break the law in the most horrifying ways, with platforms that enable dangerous crimes and appalling abuse.”