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Criminals Target Tech Students With Job Offers

Posted by Zonk on from the not-the-best-prospect dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BBC News is running a story on criminal gangs targeting tech students. Some of these outfits offer to pay for an education in exchange for the student's employment on graduation in criminal hacking activities." From the article: " As the number of criminal gangs looking to move into cyber crime expanded, it got harder to recruit skilled hackers, said Mr Day. This has led criminals to target university students all around the world. 'Some students are being sponsored through their IT degree,' said Mr Day. Once qualified, the graduates go to work for the criminal gangs. As well as the direct route of targeting students, some organised crime gangs were trading on the glamour surrounding the 'hacker' label to help them recruit impressionable youngsters..."

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  1. This is a good thing by svunt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm currently doing an IT internship for the Gambino family. The pay is good, I get medical & dental, and if anyone mods me down, they'll find out about some of the other perks of working in the industry.

    1. Re:This is a good thing by Lane.exe · · Score: 5, Funny
      Eh, getta load of this guy! We pays you good money so you can keep quiet, sit in your little room, and do your computer thing. But what's this? We finds you on this "internet," advertising who you work for! Hey, bambino, leave the singin' to Sinatra, capische?

      Whack 'em.

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    2. Re:This is a good thing by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

      I had no idea that Joe Pesci was a Slashdotter, until now.

    3. Re:This is a good thing by idonthack · · Score: 4, Funny
      Whack 'em.
      So, uh... I understand you have an opening now?
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    4. Re:This is a good thing by RareButSeriousSideEf · · Score: 2, Funny

      I for one welcome our new tuition-paying overlords.

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    5. Re:This is a good thing by 6Yankee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, but youdonthack. Sorry :P

  2. pft! by tloh · · Score: 4, Funny

    No! No! No! Any hacker with even an ounce of skill is more than capable of setting up shop on his own. What you gotta do is offer the guy something he would never EVER get legitimately. What these criminal types REALLY ought to do is come on slashdot here and promise they can arrange regular *private* meetings with our favorite adult performers from the pr0n we all download.

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  3. Re:The year for this article is 2006 by xrayspx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Back in The Day, Slashdot listed only the day and date, which if I gave a shit, would be sufficient to narrow it down to the year. However, sometime in the last 2 years I was pleasantly surprised to see they started putting the year as well attached to every post.

    Don't believe me? Read everything to the right of my name on this post.

    Of course, I suppose I could be lying too.

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  4. Hookers as Employee Benefits! by LinuxLuver · · Score: 5, Funny

    Criminal gangs should be able to offer some very "creative" fringe benefit packages. You want $200,000 a year? Or maybe $150,000 and a two hookers / week? Tax that!

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  5. Re:Benefits by Massacrifice · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh yeah, they have a dental plan... Tony, gimme the pliers.

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  6. Criminal gangs are targeting tech students? by rampant+mac · · Score: 5, Funny

    SCO is hiring? I'm so in there...

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  7. Had to be said by NotFamousYet · · Score: 2, Funny

    And what's their motto?

    DO evil? :P