[pchelpers] Article:Hacking with surgical precision

JORDAN ROBERTSON 
The Associated Press
November 24, 2008 at 11:31 AM EST

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Internet criminals have been getting more
“professional” for years, trying to run their businesses like Big
Business to get better and more profitable at selling stolen data
online. Now the bad guys of the cyberunderworld are exhibiting other
unexpected traits: remarkable patience and restraint in stalking their
victims.

A new report by antivirus software vendor Symantec Corp. details a
startling trend that highlights the inventive ways criminals are
figuring out ways to make money online.

More here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081124.whackers1124/BNStory/Technology/home
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