Hmmmm,

It's the fastest growing crime scene because of the scale of it... It's the first time that crime could easily occur on a global scale...
Sort of.............................

If you look at the actual "crimes" they are not original. What has happened is an improvement in communication that has allowed them to extend their range.

If you look at history you will see the same is true of the railway, motor vehicle and aeroplane........ they allowed criminals to extend their range.

Similarly, newspapers, the telegraph and telephone allowed fraudsters to expand their horizons.

I do not look on the internet as a "crime scene"; merely as a medium, or vector.

I am amused by those who whine about the lack of "internet security" yet cheerfully toss their precious "personal information" out in their trash can

Identity theft was around a long time before computers and the internet

As for data collection by Google and the likes............. when will the moronic retards of this World realise that there is no such thing as a free meal . Are these outfits registered charities? how do you think they finance themselves.......... Paypal?