Foreign Cyber Cafes Track Customers to Prevent Cyber Crime

Written on December 7, 2010 – 4:54 am | by Jasmine Haller

While many cyber cafes — especially in Brooklyn — have become a key destination for the young, hip and creative, in developing countries they are the breeding ground for international cyber crime. Since anyone can walk into these Internet parlors and begin a hacking rampage often aimed at U.S. interests, it’s the ideal place for the shady and nefarious.

Well, Nepal is taking some very simple, yet innovative steps that may help fight the scourge that is international cyber crime. In Nepal’s biggest metropolitan city, Kathmandu, cyber cafes are now required to ID customers. Users will have to provide personal information, such as names, addresses, phone numbers and signatures.

And it seems to be working. According to the Himalayan Times, police units have already recorded 13 cases of cyber crime, with nine being resolved and four still under investigation.

While this may be a very tactical approach to fighting cyber crime, just think how effective this could be if other nations like Russia and China did this? One small drop…though it could make a big difference. Welcome all thoughts and feedback.

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