The Bad Eggs of the Internet: Hunting Digital Criminals

Remember Petya? In a ransomware attack, your computer is hi-jacked and infected with a virus – but the perpetrator gives you the opportunity to get your PC back if you pay, for instance 3,000 bitcoins.

This is only one of many types of digital crimes.

But how do you handcuff a digital villain?

The police faces huge challenges. The cost for cybercrimes globally were 450 billion dollars in 2016.

And they are difficult to solve – without any fingerprints, no DNA, and often no witnesses.

You will hear

• Philipp Amann, Senior Strategic Analyst, Europol

• Joakim von Braun, IT Security Consultant

• Oskar Gross, Cyber Crime Unit, Tallinn, Estonia

• Mukesh Choudhary, Cyber Security Expert, Jaipur, India