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[News] [SOT] Criminals Thrives in Poor Security

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Hackers going after restaurants, supermarkets

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| Many people are worried about hackers stealing their data when they buy 
| things or bank online, but it's turning out that even an innocent trip to a 
| restaurant or supermarket can be risky.  
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| [...]
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| The victims were losing an average of $1,000 from their bank accounts, the 
| MSNBC report said. 
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9943498-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

The biggest criminals are usually wearing suits though.

CSC Settles Government Kickbacks Case

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| Computer Sciences (CSC) has agreed to pay US $1.37 million to settle 
| allegations that it received kickbacks on technology contracts with U.S. 
| government agencies, part of an alleged scheme involving millions of dollars 
| and dozens of IT vendors and systems integrators.   
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145809/csc_settles_government_kickbacks_case.html

Maybe Microsoft should acquire them. It would be a good cultural blend, unlike
Yahoo.


Recent:

Botnets Running Rampant

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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html


Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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