cybercrime

Wellington, Oct 15 (IANS) New Zealand has intensified the crackdown on cybercrime with a legislation's first reading on Tuesday, as 11 per cent of Kiwis were victims of fraud and cybercrime in 2023, causing significant financial harm and emotional distress, official statistics show. By joining the Budapest Convention, also known as the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, New Zealand is signalling to other like-minded countries that it takes cybercrime seriously and is prepared to do its part to eliminate it, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said, Xinhua news agency reported. The Budapest Convention is the only binding international treaty on…