Cybercrime? Gyeongnam Police Agency's Nuricops Won't Stand By

On the 2nd, the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency held a ceremony to appoint new Nurikaps in celebration of Cybercrime Prevention Day and launched a campaign to promote cybercrime prevention guidelines.

Cybercrime Prevention Day, which marks its 9th year this year on April 2nd, was designated in 2015 by taking the Korean words for four (sa, 4) and two (i, 2) from the word Cyber to raise nationwide awareness and participation in cybercrime prevention activities.

It was created with the meaning of encouraging people to pay attention to cybercrime prevention and think about its importance and prevention methods, even if only for one day.

The provincial police agency stated that while they had focused on online promotion during the major spread of COVID-19, this year they conducted on-site promotions of cybercrime prevention guidelines together with Nurikaps.

The Cyber Investigation Division of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency and Nurikaps are taking a commemorative photo before promoting cybercrime prevention guidelines.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency]

According to the provincial police agency, after the appointment ceremony, Nurikaps and staff from the Cyber Investigation Division of the provincial police distributed leaflets containing prevention and response methods for the recent frequent cybercrimes around Yongji Lake in Changwon.

They also handed out cotton candy and drinks to citizens with stickers related to Cybercrime Prevention Day attached.

The Cyber Honor Police Nurikaps is a compound word combining ‘Nuri’ meaning internet users and ‘cops’ meaning police, and this year, 50 people were appointed in Gyeongnam Province.

They will report illegal and harmful information on the internet such as hacking, malicious programs, copyright infringement, and illegal games, and participate in cybercrime prevention activities.

They will also gather public opinion on police cyber policies, promote police activities, and support tasks related to cyber policies.

New NuriCops members of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency in 2023 are taking a commemorative photo. [Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency]

A representative of the provincial police agency said, “We plan to continue crime prevention efforts in cyberspace in cooperation with Nurikaps,” adding, “We will conduct meaningful annual events commemorating Cybercrime Prevention Day and carry out promotion activities based on citizen participation to ensure that residents do not suffer from cybercrime damage.”

Son Tae-seong, president of Nurikaps, said, “Various illegal and harmful information spreading on the internet is really serious,” and added, “We will join forces with the Cyber Investigation Division to strengthen civil-police cooperative security in the cyber domain.”

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