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Three stories in two days in two of Canada's largest newspapers. Jist of it is -- are you sitting? -- online crime such as identity theft is being perpetrated by . . . professional, organized criminals. Shock!! Horror!! Thank God the media's all over McAfee's study (referred to in the stories).
First, the Toronto Star: Cybercrime follows the money, study says. That was yesterday, I think. Along with a story about how much money there is in online crime from the Globe and Mail ('Hunting season' for computer attackers). Now today the Globe & Mail has a follow-up piece: Internet crime getting stealthy, more harmful. The lead:
Spotty teenage hackers who set off global e-mail viruses are being replaced by serious on-line crooks whose stealth attacks don't make the headlines but cause more damage, security software makers warn.Posted by Grayson at July 7, 2005 07:55 AM