European Center for the Fight against Cybercrime

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European Center for the Fight against Cybercrime
EC3

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English name European Cyber-Crime Center
French name Center européen de lutte contre la cybercriminalité
Organization type Department of an EU agency
Seat of the organs The Hague , Netherlands ⊙ Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 34.1 ″  N , 4 ° 16 ′ 45.5 ″  E
Chair Wil van Gemert (ad interim)
founding

January 11, 2013

Upper organization

EUROPOL

 

The European Center for the fight against cybercrime (English European Cybercrime Center , shortly EC3 ) is an agency of the European Union, the European Police Office , Europol in The Hague is located. The center aims to coordinate the cross-border prosecution of computer crime in the EU.

history

The authority was initially budgeted by the EU Commission with 3.6 M €. The EC3 was officially opened on January 11, 2013. It initially consisted of 30 employees, a later increase to 40 was planned by 2015.

The head of EC3 reports directly to the head of Europol. The first head was the former head of the Danish intelligence service Deputy-Director Troels Oerting , who joined the private industry in January 2015 as head of security at Barclays .

activities

According to information from Troels Oerting on February 10, 2014, the EC-3 achieved various successes in 2013. In 2013 protection rackets were found on the Internet and 13 arrests were made. Furthermore, EC-3 was involved in the fight against malware attacks on banks by botnets and, in cooperation with Microsoft and experts from the Federal Criminal Police Office, dug up the ZeroAccess botnet.

In 2014, Operation Onymous became known, which shut down well-known sites on the Darknet , including sites such as Pandora, Cloud 9, Hydra, Blue Sky, Topix, Flugsvamp, Cannabis Road, Black Market and Silk Road 2.0 .

In 2015, American media reported on a coordinated action by the US FBI with the active participation of EC3 to shut down Darkode, the largest English-language communication and trading platform for cyber criminals.

tasks

Conflicts due to a lack of coordination can arise with the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), as the areas of responsibility overlap and there was no delimitation.

At a press conference on February 10, 2014, the then head of the unit, Troels Oerting, narrowed down the tasks of EC-3. The fight against "politically motivated hacks and / or espionage activities against EU institutions" is not the area of ​​responsibility of the EC-3.

Participating States

In addition to the EU members, cooperation with non-EU countries was agreed for the work, including Australia , Canada , Croatia (now full member of the EU), Republic of Macedonia , Norway , Switzerland , Monaco , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Colombia , Moldova , Russia , Turkey , Republic of Serbia , Montenegro , Ukraine and the United States of America . In addition, personal data is also transmitted to the USA.

Cooperation with other bodies

As part of its activities, the EC3 cooperates with the EU Intelligence Center , the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDCP), the World Customs Organization (WCO), Frontex and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). In 2015, press releases also revealed cooperation with US police authorities, for example the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michele Cercone and Tove Ernst, European Center for Combating Cybercrime: opening on January 11 ; EU press release on the opening of EC3 on January 9, 2014; accessed on March 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b SC Magazin from April 27, 2015, Exclusive: Barclays builds out security team with second Europol hire ; accessed on May 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ dpa; EU wants to fight cybercrime with its own center ; Heise, February 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ dpa / futurezone (2013) EU center against cybercrime opens ; Futurezone from January 9, 2013.
  5. ^ A b c d e f Günther K. Weisse, Fighting Cyber-Crime by EUROPOL - Consequences for the German Economy ; on security alarms ; accessed on March 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Monika Ermert, head of the EU Cybercops, takes stock of the success , Heise, February 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ Patrick Beuth (2014) Authorities shut down drug platforms in the dark web ; Die Zeit Online from November 7, 2014; Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b Kylie Bull (2015) FBI Leads Darkode Takedown ; July 21, 2015 at www.hstoday.us; Retrieved August 20, 2015.