UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime
Summary: The UK's National Crime Agency is running paid Google ads targeting UK males aged 13 to 22 who search for booter, stresser, or remote access trojan services, warning that using them to attack others is illegal and linking to the UK's Cybersecurity Challenge. The campaign follows a six-month 2017 effort that Cambridge researchers found flattened demand for booter services, and in the past 30 days the ads drew 5.32 million impressions and more than 57,000 clicks.
Why it matters: The NCA's own 2017 report found 61 percent of suspects began criminal hacking before age 16 and the average age of those arrested was 17, with offenders citing a perceived low risk of getting caught as a reason law enforcement did not deter them.
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