Patrick Brielmayer, former hacker: Analysis of the cyber attacks
Daniel Nussbaumer, Police Specialist: Assistance for victims
This concern also drives Daniel Nussbaumer. The lawyer with a PhD is the head of the cyber crime department in the Zurich Canton Police. His team now encompasses 15 detectives and 30 specialists in digital forensics, including many IT graduates. Increasing digitization has made police work more complex, since the Internet has created completely new ways to commit crimes.
According to Daniel Nussbaumer, many SMEs are affected by, for example, “CEO fraud”: Cyber criminals recreate a typical e-mail from the boss. In it, he asks for an urgent payment of CHF 5,000 to be made. But when the bookkeeping department makes the payment, it ends up with the hackers. "Usually there are complete teams behind it all," he explained. "One programs, one's good at writing and the third one does the research." The police specialist advises to always double check by calling back in the event of unusual e-mails.