Online Crime Seen as Growing Threat to Business, Politics 89
BobB passed us a link to a NetworkWorld article, exploring the ongoing realization in business circles of the dangers online criminals pose. The piece raises the possibility that criminal elements are gaining access to US research labs in an effort to ferret out corporate and governmental information. One institute referred to in the article states: "Economic espionage will be increasingly common as nation-states use cyber theft of data to gain economic advantage in multinational deals. The attack of choice involves targeted spear phishing with attachments, using well-researched social engineering methods to make the victim believe that an attachment comes from a trusted source." We just recently discussed possible hacker involvement in several municipal blackouts.
The irony of anyonimity (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Good grief. (Score:5, Interesting)
Search engines? (Score:3, Interesting)
Who needs ECHELON anymore!
It boggles the imagination (Score:4, Interesting)
I am more concerned about who they give physical access to the data / hardware are. All it takes is one vengeful employee and a thumb drive to lose very sensitive data. Worse, many companies that do lose data won't report the breach unless it involves a threat of lawsuit by irate customers. Then they will report it grudgingly and then only after days or even weeks and months have passed. Plenty of time for massive damage to be done.
Re:Do You See The Common Thread Here? (Score:3, Interesting)
The flaming-feuer Bush, staff, congress, senate, CIA, FBI, NSA, TelCo, OilCo, InsureCo
The CIA just wants a domino-theory cold-war budget. What clueless George wants is never obvious, but George's handlers Chaney, Rove
Fixed that for you (Score:3, Interesting)
Online Crime Facilitates Political, Business Growth.
Seriously, who profits from the stuff that makes the headlines? It sure isn't me; I'm only into grey-area piracy.