"Technology has given scale and reach to criminals in a way that did not happen 5 years ago. Technology is no longer simply a tool that criminals use. It is reshaping crime itself, accelerating it, globalising it, and making it more harmful."
"Technology has enabled criminals to get smarter, faster and more connected, to each other and to victims. The boundaries between different types of crime were blurring. Teenagers were being radicalised on the same online spaces, to become cyber criminals, sex offenders or terrorists by the same algorithms."
"The majority still originate overseas but we have seen the emergence of UK-based attackers, combining sophisticated malware with social engineering - exploiting not just technical vulnerabilities but human ones too. Foreign states were in contact with criminals to conduct hostile acts on UK soil."
The UK's National Crime Agency director general reports that technology is accelerating crime globally and making it more harmful. Criminals now operate in loose networks with access to money laundering services, achieving scale and reach impossible five years ago. Technology reshapes crime itself rather than serving merely as a tool. The boundaries between different crime types are blurring, with teenagers being radicalized on the same online platforms to become cyber criminals, sex offenders, or terrorists. Cyber crime represents the most acute area of change, with recent high-profile attacks on major UK organizations. UK-based attackers now combine sophisticated malware with social engineering. Foreign states contact criminals to conduct hostile acts, with cyber attacks originating from state actors, criminal ransomware groups, or combinations thereof.
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