{"id":4791,"date":"2015-04-17T01:59:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T05:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2020-02-26T20:28:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:58:39","slug":"how-big-data-helps-to-catch-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/how-big-data-helps-to-catch-criminals\/4791\/","title":{"rendered":"How big data helps to catch criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big data techniques are used to solve numerous problems: to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalengage.co.uk\/precision\/Zach.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cure rare diseases<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cool-big-data-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">catch poachers in India<\/a> or find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cool-big-data-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">best time to top trees in New York<\/a>. Insurance agencies use big data to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsurance.com\/article\/99999999\/NEWS040105\/399999705?tags=%7C59%7C331%7C76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">facilitate more accurate pricing<\/a>; banks, industrial plants and retail chains \u2014 to improve production rates and increase sales; police and security specialists \u2014 to catch criminals. And in this post we are going to focus on that last one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/04\/05084715\/BD-1-1024x768.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8462\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/04\/05084715\/BD-1-1024x768.png\" alt=\"How big data helps to catch criminals\" width=\"1067\" height=\"800\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Criminalists are sure that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.policeone.com\/police-products\/software\/Data-Information-Sharing-Software\/articles\/6396543-How-Big-Data-is-helping-law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crime has its own patterns<\/a>, just like any other human activity. While it\u2019s rather hard to forecast individual behavior, analytics can predict reactions of specific human groups with considerable accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>While common users know nothing about the great potential of big data, discuss the benefits of it or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libsdebunked.com\/gun-control\/marc-parrish-big-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">get afraid of Big Brother surveillance<\/a>, analytics are studying this subject deeply to differentiate false signals from really dangerous ones, for example, to <a href=\"http:\/\/deloitte.wsj.com\/riskandcompliance\/2014\/03\/31\/managing-the-risks-of-financial-crime-and-the-role-of-big-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">prevent financial crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big data gets a bad rap, but here's 10 projects that are truly great \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uzz0TgOcJO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/uzz0TgOcJO<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/oqzy8RJsBH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oqzy8RJsBH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/585438288401534976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes police uses big data to deal with already known information in a more efficient way, for instance to detect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/2686051\/big-data-business-intelligence\/predicting-crime-with-big-data-welcome-to-minority-report-for-real.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the most dangerous city arias<\/a>. Take a look at this London map with \u2018hot spots\u2019 marked in red:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/04\/05084713\/London-Crime-Hotspots.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8459\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/04\/05084713\/London-Crime-Hotspots.jpg\" alt=\"How big data helps to catch criminals\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2014\/big-data-meets-crime-fighting-seattle-police-launch-seastat-quickly-pinpoint-crime-hotspots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">security solutions are already used in police departments<\/a> of Seattle, New York, and Los Angeles. The last one has already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alleywatch.com\/2014\/08\/catch-me-if-you-can-big-data-and-crime-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reported significant performance improvement<\/a> that included a 33% drop in burglaries, a 21% decrease in violent crime, and a 12% reduction in property crime.<\/p>\n<p>High technologies help police to take measures even before someone calls 911. Every bit of data is valuable: photos, updates and check-in statuses on Facebook and other social networks, truancy stats from local schools, medical findings, shopping data, records from public surveillance cameras, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-26520013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">data analysis helps officials to determine various trends<\/a>, e.g. the fact that criminals use guns and bullets as a sort of currency. Social networks where criminal themselves upload important data become an invaluable source of information, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2012\/12\/12\/crime-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">especially Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2015\/02\/10\/3621242\/teen-arrested-murder-allegedly-taking-snapchat-selfie-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tEkVbqk_kkE?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theinstitute.ieee.org\/technology-focus\/technology-topic\/the-future-of-crime-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Experts say<\/a> that analytical systems can successfully cope with predicting street crimes, such as auto thefts and homicides. They are also good in forecasting street riots and acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strictlyvc.com\/2014\/12\/09\/data-detectives-seek-15-million-series-b-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Forensic Logic<\/a> helped police <a href=\"http:\/\/theinstitute.ieee.org\/technology-focus\/technology-topic\/the-future-of-crime-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">detect several criminals at large<\/a>. Company experts combined data from the databases of some 80 towns within Los Angeles County and found out that criminals went underground moving from one police precinct to the next one.<\/p>\n<p>An expert team from the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania developed an algorithm based on a variety of data, including reports from local police precincts. It is used to <a href=\"http:\/\/theinstitute.ieee.org\/technology-focus\/technology-topic\/the-future-of-crime-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">detect potential victims<\/a> of a homicide. Police uses the data to warn people at risk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IBMAnalytics\/status\/586906807878168576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/IBMAnalytics\/status\/586906807878168576<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probably the most well known company that develops solutions for crime prediction is Palantir, who has recently stepped out of the government services arena to the commercial market.<\/p>\n<p>Palantir\u2019s software can work with a bunch of messy information: DNA data, audio and video recordings from different sources (including records from public surveillance cameras), register license plates to monitor car turnover, and many other global options.<\/p>\n<p>This solution was already used to <a href=\"http:\/\/theinstitute.ieee.org\/technology-focus\/technology-topic\/the-future-of-crime-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">prevent acts of terrorism<\/a> in several countries. It was also used in Afghanistan to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andygreenberg\/2013\/08\/14\/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">predict insurgent attacks<\/a>. This software <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andygreenberg\/2013\/08\/14\/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">successfully located Mexican drug cartel members<\/a> who murdered an American customs agent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Palantir is currently raising a round that could total $400 million at a valuation of around $15 billion: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dnehSntPk8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/dnehSntPk8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/557412707763486720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">January 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It solved a number of other cases: It tracked down hackers who installed spyware on the Dalai Lama\u2019s PC. And in another important case: Palantir helped to c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andygreenberg\/2013\/08\/14\/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">atch a child molester<\/a>\u00a0an hour after the abuse. Software detected him on the video recordings taken by public surveillance cameras of New York City.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>How #BigData helps to catch #criminals<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-twhite\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2Fw3jq&amp;text=How+%23BigData+helps+to+catch+%23criminals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andygreenberg\/2013\/08\/14\/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Forbes writes<\/a>\u00a0that Alex Carp, CEO of Palantir, esteems privacy. The company of a muscular bodyguard named Mike follows him everywhere. Mike protects Carp from extremists, who have already have sent him death threats, conspiracy theorists, schizophrenics, and all other kinds of intrusive people. That\u2019s the price of success, and a huge one: Allegedly, Palantir also helped authorities to locate Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big data techniques are used to solve numerous problems: to cure rare diseases, catch poachers in India or find the best time to top trees in New York. 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