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Volume 2, Issue 4
1 January 1995
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Review Article| January 01 1995

Opportunity makes a thief: a report on computer abuse in the UK Available to Purchase

Chris Hurford
Chris Hurford
Associate Director at the Audit Commission where he advises upon computing issues relating to the Commission's responsibilities for auditing local authorities and the NHS
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7239
Print ISSN: 1359-0790
© MCB UP Limited
1995
Journal of Financial Crime (1995) 2 (4): 295–299.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025653

The results of the latest Audit Commission survey of computer fraud and abuse have been published in ‘Opportunity Makes a Thief — An Analysis of Computer Abuse’. This paper summarises the key messages from the report and highlights the risks facing organisations and the action which management needs to take.

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