Digital Thieves Use Ex-Employees Accounts

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."

Comments

why

[get out of debt]

why would some do something so evil?

I, for one

[mnemonic_]

think this is completely awesome.

a story for the new york times

[eight and a quarter]

since we're talking about stupid stuff from the mid 90s.. winnuke makes a comeback with windows vista!