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November 25, 2008

Online crooks get more sneaky at business theft

  • Hackers today are more skillful and profitable at stealing data online without anyone detecting their activities.
    • By JORDAN ROBERTSON
    AP Technology Writer

    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 cyber-underworld 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.


     
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