"Hacker" robber 1 Billion U.S. Dollars Per Year

Valiena Allison, Chief Executive Officer ExperiMetal Inc., in Michigan surprised to get calls from Comerica Bank Inc.. The bank official said the presence of internet transactions derived from company accounts for 5.2 million U.S. dollars (equivalent to Rp 44 billion).

Although they have never agreed to any transaction, the evidence suggests that the computer Allison had done the deal. When Allison tried to help the bank, instead he blamed for letting the hackers (hackers) hacked into her computer.

That's just one of thousands of cyber crime that occurred in the United States (U.S.) and Europe. Internet security experts from Dell SecureWorks, Don Jackson, said more than 1 billion dollars of money banking customers of small and medium enterprises in the U.S. and Europe each year, hackers compromised.

"The amount of money stolen from a customer is greater than ever made famous robbers of old," said Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator from the Democratic Party who last year led the cyber security task force intelligence.

Small companies become targets

According to Whitehouse, current Eastern European organized crime targeting small companies, schools, and local governments. Because the accounts of companies and institutions are generally only get basic protection issued by a bank or a regional community. In addition, money in such accounts are not insured.

"If all those taboos that their accounts at the bank of small and medium-risk, they will move it to JPMorgan Chase," said James Woodhill, financial management demands of small and medium-sized banks improve the security of online banking.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the second largest bank in the U.S. that can guarantee commercial accounts and deposits from all forms of cyber crime. "We have invested substantially in the prevention and detection of fraud," said Patrick Linehan, a spokesman for JPMorgan.

Cybercrime is a new priority which handled the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Secret Service. Two institutions that have increased the ability and power to fight cybercrime, including cooperation with law enforcement in various countries.

U.S. National Security Council report states that cyber crime has become a serious threat to the financial system that is categorized as a crime that threatens national security.