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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."

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  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.