According to a report released last week by Europol, the European Union’s criminal intelligence law enforcement agency, a failure to protect these devices could make them vulnerable to hacking attacks. The report claims governments are ill-prepared to handle the impending “injury and possible deaths,” and that computer security is not keeping pace with technological innovation and implementation. The report also says that police forensic techniques must “adapt and grow” to address these dangers.
Europol cited a report by U.S. security firm IID that predicted the first “online murder” would occur by year’s end, based on the number of computer security system flaws discovered by hackers.
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