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Cyber-Fraudsters Strike Gold at South African Government

John Oates writes on The Register:

The South African government has lost more than £12m (199m Rand) over the last three years thanks to a cybercrime syndicate using spyware.

The scam has been running since 2005 and is still going on despite the arrest of 32 people. Thieves have targeted various government departments in four provinces. A number of civil servants have also been sacked.

Crooks are using corrupt government officials and suppliers to fix a small piece of kit the size of a memory stick to PCs. This can then access saved and unsaved information, according to South Africa's Mail & Guardian.

posted by Fergie @ 6/10/2008 10:55:00 AM