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Hackers Not Afraid of Being Caught
An anonymous reader wrote in to point us to an interview with Honeynet Founder Lance Spitzner where he says "Years ago it was hackers who were doing it for the bragging rights, now it's the criminals. The motivation has changed, hacking is now profitable and there's so much money to be made with very little risk to the actual hackers."
"Oh, and locked doors don't do squat against bricks through a window. Locks generally only keep honest people honest - they are a trivial defense against people."
locks are necessary. Without locks, you can't charge someone with "breaking and entering" - a much more serious crime than "tresspassing".
Comment by TheHorse13 on November 29, 2006 12:45 pm
Is this really news to anyone? IRC botnets have been around for years and have been used for stealing for profit equally as long. Common sense tells you that you don't fear something that cannot induce consequences. Case in point, how are you going to press a guy in the middle of the congo for scamming you? U.S. domestic law?
How about we talk about how this has already been taken to the next level by hiring professional programmers who now offer encryption to hide the activity and a "be your own criminal" software package. In Russia, right now, you can buy a toolkit from the criminals that walks you through the setup of your very own criminal enterprise. For those interested, it's called, "WebAttacker ToolKit"