Friday, January 28, 2011

Is One Gang Behind A Third Of The World's Cyber Crime

Cybercrime Gang 'Responsible For A Third Of Data Thefts' -- The Telegraph

A single gang has been found to be behind more than a third of cyber crime, a global industry estimated to cost the UK economy billions each year.

The organisation, thought to be Russian and currently under investigation by international law enforcement authorities, works behind complex systems of misdirection and secrecy. It has been detected by profiling the way it attacks company networks via the internet to steal credit card numbers and other valuable data.

The heists begin with the gang taking remote control of legitimate software used by IT support departments to maintain computers.

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My Comment: If one gang can do this, one can only imagine what a organization supported by a government and its institutions can do.

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