Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

BusinessWeek on Hacker Hunters

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-hacker-gatherers? dept.

prostoalex writes "You keep hearing about FBI, Secret Service or other law enforcement authorities involved in pursuing international cybercrime gangs, but who are those people and how does the cyberlaw enforcement work? Business Week talks about hacker hunters and people they're after. A large portion of the article is dedicated to describing the global scope of such activities with Russia, Eastern Europe and China leading the ranks for criminal hideouts."

7 of 155 comments (clear)

  1. What about Brazil? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't Brazil one of the world's biggest hideouts for hackerS?

  2. Hacker hunters are evil. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We MUST put a stop to hacker hunting. Please join PETH today.

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Hackers(PETH) is the hackers only hope. W0n'7 j00 h31p?

  3. misquote from the story by peculiarmethod · · Score: 4, Funny

    The alleged ringleaders went quietly, but one suspect jumped out a second-story window. Agents nabbed him on the ground.

    Actually, I know the guy, and it wasn't the bust that did it.. he wasn't even aware of the encroaching officers.. he just failed AGAIN at getting a first post on slashy.

    --
    ** "It's not my job to stand between the people talking to me, and the ones listening to me." -- Pego the Jerk
  4. Re:not crackers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ass hats

  5. Re:SCO mydoom by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 4, Funny
    "McBride however is remembered as calling the resulting DOS attacks "the darker side of the Linux community we've been fighting."

    Well then, this is an excellent opportunity for Mr. McBride to apologize to the Linux community for his inadvertant slander. I have no doubt that such a man who has shown a constant willigness to reach out to the press will take an immediate opportunity to correct his mistake.

    (Holding breath)

  6. "Hacker hunters," huh? by FlyByPC · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what's the point of shooting a deer with a BFG9000? Bring it down and cook it all at once, I guess?

    --
    Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
  7. Re:The "H" word by blincoln · · Score: 2, Funny

    The problem with the misuse of the term "hacker" is that it imposes cultural violence.

    Yeah, I remember the last time my coworkers found out I was a hacker*, and executed me on the spot after an hour or two of being beaten with blunt instruments! Damn, that was kind of a shitty day.

    * In both senses.

    --
    "...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman