NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY GREEN PAPER – SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
Significantly encouraging is that despite the overall cyber security concerns, it appears that a fewer
proportion of Maltese respondents (6%), compared to European ones, deem it likely not to buy goods
or services online.
7.13 REPORTING CYBERCRIME
On an EU –wide perspective (including Malta), the Police are most frequently contacted in case of
cyber crime such as for identity theft, online banking fraud, child pornography. This indicates the key
role that the Police force is perceived to play within the cyber crime area. However the survey
findings also suggest that a higher level of knowledge on cybercrime leads to a preference to contact
website or vendor organisations rather than the police.
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