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A Look at How Cybercrime Went Professional
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David_Dunlap on 20 August, 2008 03:54:00
 
A huge increase in Internet crime is only part of the picture. The bigger worry
for many organizations is that they are now being individually targeted by
criminals using sophisticated technology.
As Russian and Georgian soldiers were flinging explosive artillery shells at
each other, both sides in the South Ossetia conflict were also exploiting the
very latest in cyber aggression, using techniques honed by professional
gangsters specializing in online crime.
Although the attacks are largely untraceable, both sides are pointing the finger
firmly at each other. Russian reports claim that South Ossetian government sites
were brought down by Georgian hackers. But Georgian institutions, including
government departments and the National Bank, have also suffered a string of
attacks. Georgia's foreign ministry is posting all news content to the Polish
President's Web site after its own was taken out when President Mikheil
Saakashvili's pages were replaced with pictures of Adolf Hitler. Meanwhile,
reports also claim that Russia's RIA Novosti news agency site is being targeted
and crashed. ... Go to source