D. With international cooperation, we can avoid any loss.

(2). Which one of the measures will NOT be taken to prevent online crimes?

A. Educating people who use computers.

B. Seeking international cooperation.

C. Passing laws.

D. Preventing people from using the Internet.

(Keys: A, D)

Further reading

1. Read the passage again and give the general idea of each part:

Part I(1-2): The definition and different types of cybercrime

Part II(3-5): The extent of the problem

Part III(6): The legal situation regarding cybercrime

Part IV(7-8): The solution to the problem

2. Fill in the blanks with proper words:

Part I: The Internet has expanded lately, ___ ____ the opportunities for crimes. Committing ______ is realized online with little _____ of being ______. To fight this, we need to work together. The Council of Europe has ______ online crimes into four categories. (Keys: so have; crime; risk; caught; classified)

Part II: Cybercrime has become _______ today, and all Internet users are ________ by it. Large companies are ____ targets for cybercriminals, who are often IT ______. A survey ________ in 2002 showed that almost all companies had their security system ______ into. Hundreds of billions of dollars has been lost to cybercriminals _______. (keys: severe; affected; ripe; experts; educated; broken; anuually)

Part III: Cybercrime is so new that some governments have no laws against it, and many holes ______ in their ______ system. Most countries have no __________ for dealing with _______ of other countries who commit cybercrime, and they are difficult to be ______. (keys: exist; legal; arrangements; citizens; caught)

Part IV: Only by international cooperation can we s______ this problem. These criminals p______ the best technical skills in the world, m_______ that governments must combine their technological r_________ to keep up. The UN is also required to form a special a_____ to act as