Governments are ill-prepared to combat the looming threat of “online murder” as cyber criminals exploit internet technology to target victims, the European policing agency warned. In its most alarming assessment of the physical danger posed by online crime, Europol said it expected a rise in “injury and possible deaths” caused by computer attacks on critical safety equipment.
Police forensic techniques need to “adapt and grow” to address the dangers posed by the so-called “Internet of Everything” – a new era of technological interconnectedness in which everything from garage doors to hospital health systems will be linked and controlled through computer networks…
