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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. Sweet by presidentbeef · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does this mean that legitimate companies, to keep up, will have to do the same thing?
    Maybe they could even get into bidding wars over potential students/employees! This could only be a good thing...right?

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  2. 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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  3. Re:Hack what ? by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can anyone here honestly tell me that they can get me access to a given business's clients database in the next 48 hours ? Didn't think so. So what are the gangs getting out of this ? Are they getting on a hype bandwagon ?

    Getting access to a company's database is so 1990's. These days, you need smart computer science types to design better malware to create botnets so that you can practice good old fashioned extortion against Costa Rican casino web sites. Simple as that.

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

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

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