Hackers steal Interpol chief's Facebook identity
The chief of law enforcement organisation Interpol has warned that cyber crime could be the world’s “most dangerous criminal threat”.
Ronald K Noble sounded the warning at the first Interpol Information Security Conference in Hong Kong last week, adding the embarrassing revelation that cyber criminals had recently stolen his identity on Facebook in order to obtain sensitive information on Interpol cases.
"Just recently Interpol's Information Security Incident Response Team discovered two Facebook profiles attempting to assume my identity as Interpol's secretary general,” he said. “One of the impersonators was using this profile to obtain information on fugitives targeted during our recent Operation Infra Red." Noble also highlighted the dangers of denial of service attacks on individuals and businesses and warned that cyber terrorism is a very real threat.
