VLADIVOSTOK - An international data protection forum that started in Vladivostok on Thursday will focus on cybercrime and other computer issues.

Other topics to be discussed at the Positive Hack Days Vladivostok forum include the safety of mission-critical information systems, government and corporate security in the era of WikiLeaks, cyber war and cyber espionage.

The forum gathered 1,500 people, including information security experts and some of the world's best hackers.

The two-day forum was to include a variety of activities, such as roundtable discussions, technical workshops, and hacking and data protection contests.