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Security Attacks Increasingly Motivated By Greed
earthstar writes "E-commerce has emerged as the "single most targeted industry" according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from security software provider Symantec, with hackers now appearing to be motivated by economic gain rather than notoriety.
"We're seeing an increase in profit-motivated attacks," says Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec's virus research team. Also in
Information week"
...being a l337 hax0r isn't good enough for some people.
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If your gonna hack nowadays, its MUCH more likely you will be caught.
Might as well make it worth your while.
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Is it Obvious Day on /. or am I just crazy?
I'm in the hole of the broadband donut.
They want to be a r1c|-| 1337 h4x0r.
I thought it was sex... But that's economicly driven too, sometimes... Rarely economic, though. :p
Where do I sign, and where do I wait patiently for my turn?
This is just payback for all the hackers that became day-traders a few years ago. Now, stock brokers are trying their hands at hacking....
Enron and many other companies have been seen to steal money from innocent citizens. Flying directly in the face of previous accounts that said this was for charitable purposes, accounts are now saying that these deeds were based strictly on greed.
Crime = greed? Wow! that is news.
That's it, i'm preparing my "Will hack for food" sign right now.
... 'cause everybody knows that "A hacker do for love what others wouldn't do for money".
Next, I guess we'll learn that Symantec produces anti-virus software for a profit.
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." -- George Orwell