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Security Attacks Increasingly Motivated By Greed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the money-money-money-monaaaay dept.

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"

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  1. Because... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...being a l337 hax0r isn't good enough for some people.

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    1. Re:Because... by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, apparently the previous rounds of security attacks motivated by "Now this oughta get me laid!" fell short of their objectives, as it turned out there weren't enough Angelina Jolies and Halle Berrys to go around.

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  2. Is it me? by Paulrothrock · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it Obvious Day on /. or am I just crazy?

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  3. Yeah... by Trigun · · Score: 3, Funny

    They want to be a r1c|-| 1337 h4x0r.

  4. In other news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.