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Conference on cybercrime starts in Strasbourg

Xinhua, June 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Secretary General of Council of Europe (COE) Thorbjorn Jagland opened here on Wednesday the 2015 Octopus Conference on Cooperation Against Cybercrime.

"Each day millions of attacks take place against the computers our societies rely upon - and it's getting worse. And these are not just attacks on our machines, they are an assault on our way of life and our fundamental rights and freedoms," said Jagland.

"No country is immune. Cyberspace does not fit, neatly, into territorial boundaries. And we have only one option: to work together, at international level," warned Jagland.

The conference has attracted 300 governments officials, police officers and Internet specialists from all over the world. They will examine a recent report concerning the difficulties to gather electronic evidences.

The conference will last until Friday and also discuss about the growing radicalization on the Internet and the urgent necessity to protect children from sexual assaults online. Endit