By Gillian West

Britain’s most senior cyber detective has warned that young people are getting drawn into serious cyber crime thanks to games like World of Warcraft.

Speaking to the Independent the director of the National Cyber Crime Unit of the National Crime Agency said key organised gang figures involved in large-scale fraud moved from “laddish” online behaviour to “extremely corrosive” behaviour.

“Any criminal has to have that moment when they start that path. There are some sorts of criminality that youngsters don’t think of as serious,” said Dr Jamie Saunders. “Stealing gold off each other in online games, cheating if you like. Read full story ›

Source: The Drum