What Makes a Cyber Criminal?
Fabio's small frame is hunched over an ancient computer screen in a dingy internet cafe in one of the favelas of Sao Paulo. He is learning the basic skills needed to commit crime online.More here.
Fabio - not his real name - is taking his online lessons from experienced computer hackers. He is disarmingly matter-of-fact about his new career.
"I buy small things - mobile phones, cameras - so that people don't even know I've been using their credit cards," he explains.
Fabio is a low-level frontline operative in a rapidly expanding battle taking place in the virtual world. For the moment, he is unlikely to be caught because he is restricting himself to the regular theft of small amounts of money.
posted by Fergie @ 5/20/2008 08:38:00 PM
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