Cyber Terror Response Center

Cyber Terror Response Center (abbr. CTRC, also from 2007 known as NETAN, from net+an, an meaning safety in Korean language[1]) is a cybercrime section of the Korean National Police Agency in South Korea.[1]

The Center was established in 2000, from the Computer Crime Investigation Squad (itself established in 1997).[1][2] It is headquartered in the KNPA main building.[1]

Services

As of July 2008, the Center had over 900 employees; majority of them police officers specializing in the cybercrime investigations.[1]

The Center investigates cybercrimes, incidents of cyber terrorism, and provides digital forensics services to the Korean police.[1] As of 2012, the Center website stated that each year, about 80,000 incidents of cybercrimes are reported in South Korea; and cites a 2006 breakdown into fraud (41%), intrusion and malware (23%), online defamation (10%), illegal web content (8%), copyright violations (3%) and other crimes (15%).[3]

Examples of the Center's actions include a campaign to reduce online slander and cyber bullying in 2008 (launched in the aftermath of the suicide of an actress Choi Jin-sil),[4] a raid on Korean Google offices to investigate privacy issues concerning Google's Street View service in 2010,[5][6][7] cracking down on online discussions about bomb making in 2011,[8] and busting an illegal online gambling operation in 2012.[9]

International connections

The Center hosts an international conference, the Annual Symposium on Cyber Terror (or International Symposium on Cybercrime Response), inaugurated together with the Center in 2000.[1][10] The Center has numerous international connections, from Interpol to hotlines and memorandums of understandings with a number of foreign cybercrime investigations agencies.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Junsik Jang, THE CURRENT SITUATION AND COUNTERMEASURES TO CYBERCRIME AND CYBER-TERROR IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA Archived 2013-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, RESOURCE MATERIAL SERIES No.79 139TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE VISITING EXPERTS' PAPERS
  2. ^ "Netan: history". Ctrc.go.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  3. ^ "Netan: target". Ctrc.go.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  4. ^ Myung Oh; James Larson (14 March 2011). Digital Development in Korea. Taylor & Francis. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-1-136-81313-9. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  5. ^ Protalinski, Emil (2010-08-10). "South Korea sends in Cyber Terror police over Google Street View wifi data". The Next Web. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  6. ^ "S Korean police bring charges against Google for illegally collecting private info". News.xinhuanet.com. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  7. ^ Police in South Korea Raid Google’s Office, New York Times, 2010/08/11/
  8. ^ "Police to crack down on bomb info-sharing sites". The Korea Times. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  9. ^ "Korean gamblers targeted". The Korea Times. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  10. ^ ":: ISCR 2012 ::". Iscr.netan.go.kr. 2010-09-15. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2012-12-22.