[pchelpers] News: What makes a cyber criminal?

Cyber crime - internet banking and credit card fraud - is now the=20
fastest growing sector of global organised crime, increasing at a rate=20
of about 40% per year.

With Brazil thought to have by far the largest number of cyber=20
criminals, Misha Glenny, reporting for the BBC World Service's How Crime =

Took On The World, went to meet some of those trying to profit from the=20
$100bn (=A351bn) industry.

Fabio's small frame is hunched over an ancient computer screen in a=20
dingy internet cafe in one of the favelas of Sao Paulo. He is learning=20
the basic skills needed to commit crime online.

Fabio - not his real name - is taking his online lessons from=20
experienced computer hackers. He is disarmingly matter-of-fact about his =

new career.

More here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7403472.stm
--=20
Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig>
ICQ number 497166248   Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786
Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig
Terms of trade at http://modecideas.com/lvl22.html?sig
Order my novel (RETURN) at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3D138=
2737
PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig
Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.





-- 
-------list-services-below-----------
Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig>
Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers
PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig
Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig
Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.

Other related posts: