Reports of cybercrime involving social media grew by more than 30,000% between 2015 and 2017 in the US…

The report comes at a time when cryptocurrency hacks have been in the spotlight. In the recent hack of the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, almost 58 billion yen ($547 million) was stolen of a cryptocurrency called NEM.

The internet has become a weapon for terrorists, who use social media and other technologies to organize, recruit and spread propaganda. So is it possible to turn technology around and use it to not only catch terrorists but predict and potentially stop terror attacks before they happen?

Most cities have been going through a transformation in the surveillance and police monitoring sector. Continuously improving technology has aided the development of sophisticated systems that have helped in crime and terroism prevention…