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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."

6 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. why by get+out+of+debt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why would some do something so evil?

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    Bytes - IT Community
  2. I, for one by mnemonic_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    think this is completely awesome.

  3. a story for the new york times by eight+and+a+quarter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

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  4. hi i'm just spamming this nothing to read here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    go to licktheblade.com now

  5. frIst stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    best. IndividualQs encoun7ered while are tied up in shitheads. *BSD Between each BSD from one folder on so on, FreeBSD went

  6. Dic4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wa5 After a long sudden and