Comments on: Cyber Crime: Unwelcome, Underground and Highly Successful

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By: Alarial

Alarial — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:32:45 +0000

While it may be true that there is an entire sub-culture of unskilled "hackers", usually called script kiddies, there are those that are highly skilled at what they do. I know several people that currently have jobs in computer security because they exposed security holes in corporate systems (non-maliciously, of course). True hackers do it for the fun and the challenge, not to cause harm. The ones referenced in this article aren't hackers. Anyone that becomes a mule by taking part in a get rich for doing nothing scheme deserves exactly what they get as a lesson in reality. And if you have malware on your system, perhaps you should stop clicking on every popup that comes up on your screen and stop installing every toolbar and widget meant to grab your attention..

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:05:55 +0000

Saying that hackers are skilled is 90% of the time completely false. Hackers are usually very unskilled. And the hackers that are skilled are far out matched by professional security researchers. This is a very badly written article, and once again falls victim to the notion that hacking is some kind of art form that takes a great deal of skill.

By: srsly

srsly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:45:58 +0000

this article informs hacker wannabees and gives them the extra motivation and incentive to get into cyber crime.

By: geeeee

geeeee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:25:28 +0000

Because of your opening paragraph, namely: "It’s bad enough that pornography and other noxious sites that abuse our children flourish…" I will not read this article and would not take it seriously if I did.

Porn is bad? It abuses our children? Grow up, you prude.