John Durham wrote: > Cyber crime - internet banking and credit card fraud - is now the > fastest growing sector of global organised crime, increasing at a rate > of about 40% per year. > > With Brazil thought to have by far the largest number of cyber > 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 > $100bn (=A351bn) industry. > > Fabio's small frame is hunched over an ancient computer screen in a > dingy internet cafe in one of the favelas of Sao Paulo. He is learning > 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 Sorry about the extra characters in that. They were invisible in the source article. -- 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=1382737 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 //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //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.
