Wars have been started for less; eh? Could the breakdown of political and other institutional support for interconnected systems mean a regression back to the stand-a-lone systems if governments do not enforce some moniquire of civility and common sense with regards to companies and individuals that operate within their borders?
Shadowy Russian Firm Seen as Conduit for Cybercrime
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202461.html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/mapping_the_russian_business_n.html
By Brian Krebs
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Saturday, October 13, 2007; A15
An Internet business based in St. Petersburg has become a world hub for
Web sites devoted to child pornography, spamming and identity theft,
according to computer security experts. They say Russian authorities
have provided little help in efforts to shut down the company.
The Russian Business Network sells Web site hosting to people engaged in
criminal activity, the security experts say.
Groups operating through the company's computers are thought to be
responsible for about half of last year's incidents of "phishing" --
ID-theft scams in which cybercrooks use e-mail to lure people into
entering personal and financial data at fake commerce and banking
sites......
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