Cyber Crime rate escalating, says Deparment of Homeland Security ★ 2.10.11

The art of statistics – more calls, more cyber:

Homeland Security Department (DHS) of the U.S. has said that the number of cybercrimes has sharply risen as compared to previous records. The DHS said that the cyber experts working on the Control System Security Program have tackled 342 requests for assistance so far this year, while the number of such requests in 2010 was only 116, deploying the Emergency Response Team seven times this year as compared to only once or twice in previous years.