Companies seem to be competing for workers, he said. Many employers were at the university’s Cyber Security Challenge on Saturday, which aims to encourage people into the area and attracted about 150 budding cyber sleuths. Christel Yardley/Stuff Globally, cyber crime is worth more than the drug trade, said Dr Deane Searle, NZ Police’s acting Waikato district manager of intelligence. And organised crime groups are turning to cyber crime, NZ Police’s acting Waikato district manager of intelligence Dr Dean Searle said. Globally, cyber crime is worth more than the drug trade, he said. Kumar, a senior lecturer in computer science, said cyber criminals were becoming more and more sophisticated.