Interpol Reports Coming Dangers in the Metaverse

International police officials report that the new possibilities associated with the advent of the metaverse can provide various ways for attackers who want to commit fraudulent acts. We recently reported that Interpol has created its own virtual office in which they can hold briefings and which will make it easier for them to collect together. Thus, the International Police keeps up with the times and will fight a new kind of intruders in innovative ways.

In addition, Interpol will be able to get together in virtual offices not only to discuss crimes in the metaverses, but also to deal with cases related to the real world, and this approach will give them an alternative to real gatherings, avoiding the hassle of moving employees from all parts of the world to one point.

The global police agency Interpol is not the only one that can ease its fees to improve performance. They warn that the same opportunities will be used by criminals. The latter will certainly come up with new types of cybercrime and allow existing schemes to gain new momentum and become more significant.

Countries that are members of Interpol have expressed their interest in this topic and want to prepare for possible crimes in the world of the metaverse. This was stated by the Executive Director of the International Police, Madan Oberoi, in an interview with Reuters:

Some crimes may be new to this environment, some of the existing crimes will be resolved by the environment and brought to a new level.

According to Oberon, phishing and fraud may become the main methods of virtual criminals in the metaverse. In addition, he expressed his excitement about how this could work in the realms of augmented and virtual reality. In his opinion, the inhabitants of virtual worlds should be especially careful in such things. In addition, the safety of children who may be in the world of the metaverses also falls under important issues.

Earlier in November, the European Police, which is the law enforcement body of the European Union, reported that in the future, terrorist groups may in the future use the metaverses, including to propagate their views. In addition, they will be able to figure out how to recruit new members into their ranks and do distance learning in this way.

Also, groups that bring destructiveness to our world can create their own servers, in which extremist rules will apply. In addition, due to the transparency of user interactions in the blockchain, such a feature can help stalkers and extortionists to track some users in order to. This will give them the opportunity to harass or engage in further extortion.

Despite all of the above, the International Police so far only speculate about the next steps of the intruders and so far do not have strong enough grounds for confrontation. However, they are preparing for the fact that this can happen, and are already thinking about fixing the problem.

INTERPOL at the 90th General Assembly in New Delhi (India) demonstrates the possibilities of the metaverse. Photo: INTERPOL

Not everyone, including Interpol, expresses such interest in the direction of cryptogaming and metaverses. Most of Meta's investors are skeptical about the idea, and after Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his commitment to the world of the metaverse, the company's stock began to plummet. However, the founder of Facebook communicates his persistence and the further development of this industry.

Now the crypto market is going through hard times and is in a bearish phase, which indicates falling assets. The NFT industry, which includes the purchase/sale of virtual assets such as non-fungible tokens, virtual lands, and others, also shows not the best results, although over the past month an influx of new unique users has been noticeable.