Romania Emerges As New World Nexus of Cybercrime
I always thought that Russia was the source of most cybercrime, but it turns out that the folks in Romania are catching up, according to this article in the Associated Press.
Most interesting thing: the guy who hacked into the server at the South Pole Research Center could have turned off the life support systems. (You need to wonder — why do they have life support systems controlled by a computer?)
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