NCA boss warns that teens are being ‘radicalized’ into cybercrime online

The head of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned that the country’s teens are being “radicalized” into becoming cybercriminals by online platforms. The NCA was set up over a decade ago to tackle serious and organized crime.

In a speech to launch the NCA’s National Strategic Assessment this week, Graeme Biggar, NCA director general, argued that “the same toxic online spaces” and algorithms are turning teens into cybercriminals, sex offenders and terrorists.

“Technology is no longer simply a tool that criminals use. It is reshaping crime itself: accelerating it, globalizing it, and making it more harmful,” he said. “Tech companies need to face up to their responsibilities in a way they have simply not done yet.”

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