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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. More accurate by Mr2cents · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. Outsource all IT jobs.
    2. ???
    3. An army of angry, unemployed zombie hackers!

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