Iran official anticipates increase in hacking, other computer crimes in future.

Text of report headlined Lack of People's Awareness of Computer Crime Laws" published by Iranian newspaper website Jam-e Jaam on 29 April

The director general for fighting computer crimes of the Law Enforcement of the Islamic Republic said: In the area of Internet crimes, enough laws exist but we are facing problems with regard to the hacking of sites and dealing with hackers.

Col Mehrdad Omidi, in an interview with Mehr, referred to the increase in Internet embezzlement in the country, saying: Considering the advancements in science, at the present time, a large number of people in the world are working with computers every day and as a result new problems have been created regarding the legal processes and violations in this area, and naturally we are also witnessing internet and information technology violations in our …