Risk: Informational
It has recently transpired that some criminals are grooming young IT students for a life of cybercrime.
McAfee recently released a report entitled "The McAfee Virtual Criminology Report", which claims that 68 out of 77 computer science students at one US university admitted to committing an illegal computer act, such as using another person's account or writing a virus. Greg Day, a McAfee security analyst, says: "US teenagers as young as 14 are being groomed for a life of cyber crime, but this situation is not exclusive to the US. UK students are just as much of a target, as blackmail, money motivation and new opportunities cross international borders. It's easy for [these] people not to realise the social impact of what they're doing."
The full report is available at http://www.softmart.com/mcafee/docs/McAfee%20NA%20Virtual%20Criminology%20Report.pdf