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Digital Thieves Use Ex-Employees Accounts

Posted by Zonk on from the thuggery dept.

prostoalex writes "The New York Times is running an article about a new generation of digital thugs. Using unsecured wireless networks, free e-mail accounts, a wealth of security knowledge, and, most important - employee passwords, thieves are getting access to valuable company databases. Once they're in, they start extorting the companies to pay up for them to leave. Otherwise phony e-mails to customers and sensitive information published publicly will lead to an embarrassment."

2 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. New Generation? by Manip · · Score: 5, Informative

    This was going on in 1996 and has been ever since so how is this a "New Generation"; the only thing that has changed between now and then is now we have more insecure WIFI networks but really that doesn't change how the game is played at all.

  2. One of the cases in TFA was covered... by mavenguy · · Score: 1, Informative

    ...last year on /.