[pchelpers] Article:IT security: how to spot a hacker

Are you sitting comfortably? Perhaps you should look over your shoulder
instead. One of your colleagues could be stealing company data

Calum Macleod, Accountancy Age, 24 Apr 2008


After many years in the IT industry, Iʼve discovered a hacker doesnʼt
always fit the stereotype. Instead, according to the FBI, the most
common hacker is probably sitting at the desk next to you, right now.

This is someone who gets to work early, takes his or her turn cleaning
out the office fridge, tells funny stories at lunch and, at some point,
makes a very dumb move. It often starts when this hacker-next-door sees
a file directory or workstation thatʼs just too juicy to pass by, like
one named ʽSalary Comparisonʼ. Itʼs simply too tempting NOT to peek
inside.

In other words, curiosity is one scenario motivating the most common
hacker. Another is revenge and, of course, increasingly on the rise is
industrial espionage.

More here:
http://www.itweek.co.uk/accountancyage/features/2215025/security-spot-hacker
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