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Africa's Coming Cyber-Crime Epidemic

Posted by Soulskill on from the hello-sir-madam dept.

jfruh writes "Those Nigerian spam scams of the last decade may have just been the first step in a looming African cyber-crime wave. Africa has the world's fastest-growing middle class, whose members are increasingly tech-savvy and Internet connected — and the combination of ambitious, educated people, a ceiling on advancement due to corruption and lack of infrastructure, and lax law enforcement is a perfect petri dish for increased cybercrime."

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  1. I don't think it means what you think it does... by VortexCortex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    English is an evolving language, so here: Let's redefine the term to match the mean by which it's used:

    Looming adj. - Describing an approaching event that will never actually happen, or upon happening will have no measurable significance.
    "Scientists are keenly aware of the moon's looming threat to either crash into the Earth or be flung into deep space."