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Russians Claim Their Hackers the Best In the World
Ant writes "ZDNet UK reports that Russians who once hacked for fun are now teaming up to get rich through cybercrime, according to police. The Russian cybercrime division, known as Department K, has warned that Russian hackers are the best in the world. From the article: 'Everyone knows that Russians are good at math...Our software writers are the best in the world, that's why our hackers are the best in the world.'"
heh, how did Romania get dragged into this? I'm from Romania and I can relate my personal experience. I was given my first computer when I was 4 and have been programming and building hardware ever since. I work in America now, I went to Cornell (oooh, fancy) and I am a consultant. What people said about the school system in Russia is true about Romania as well. You were bombarded with information and were constantly competing for the top spots in the class. Intelectuals were very cool and the girls were attracted to you if you were smart. For example, chess and math was a way to get girls (imagine my shock when I came to the U.S.). There were jocks too, and girls liked them as well, but my point is Intelectuals were respected and encouraged. And by the way, in response to an earlier post, "olympics" are actually "olympiads" and you have them all over the world silly, such as the mathematics olympiad which the Bulgarians just won, I believe. This might help make good programmers and hackers, but also as other people said the "best in the world" claims are ridiculous. Best at what? And since when do countries compete against each other at hacking? That being said, one of the most amazing guys I've ever seen is Romanian. I saw this dude stomping out viruses realtime in DOS using the debug program. He works for Microsoft now. In Soviet Russia... Microsoft hacks you!