1,802 cybercrimes committed by the samurais
Date: August 18, 2006Source: yomiuri.co.jp
The increase was especially noticeable in violations of the Unauthorized Computer Access Law, which rose by 34 percent on last year's figure, to 265 cases, according to an NPA report disclosed Thursday.
Previously, illicit-access crimes were mainly committed by individuals in their 20s and 30s, but recently, the age range has been widening.
Among 63 people caught accessing information on the Internet illegally, 14 were teenagers, and the youngest was a 14-year-old middle school student.
In April, a 61-year-old man was arrested for illegally accessing a computer belonging to his former company and copying personal data of 6,000 individuals. He was the first sexagenarian to be charged for cybercrime.
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