The police should be given greater powers to hack into private computers in their efforts to combat cyber crime, according to a concept briefing for parliament by justice minister Ivo Opstelten. In the briefing, obtained by website nu.nl, Opstelten writes that computer-based crime is increasing and ‘the expertise, capacity and experience within the criminal justice system has not improved accordingly’. In addition, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find out where digital information is being stored because of the rise of cloud computing, mobile phones and tablets, he said…
