Russian hackers target U.S., Europe for profit and politics

Russian hackers target U.S., Europe for profit and politics

www.chicagotribune.com

MOSCOW — Not long ago, the simple, anonymous thrill of exposing chinks in American software was enough of a payoff for a Russian hacker.

Today it's cash. And almost all the targets are in the United States and Europe, where Russia's notorious hackers pilfer online bank accounts, swipe social security numbers, steal credit card data and peek at e-mail log-ins and passwords as part of what some estimate to be a $100 billion-a-year global cyber-crime business.

(visit the link for the full news article)

A $100 Billion per year cyber crime business in Russia. Cyber-crime, by some estimates, has outpaced the amount of illicit cash raked in by global drug trafficking. Hackers from Russia and China are among the chief culprits, and the threat they pose now extends far beyond spam, identity theft and bank heists.

Russian and Chinese hackers are on the move.

www.chicagotribune.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

That's scary. They cause us problems and then people here blame our Government for our problems. We can't do without Russia... oooooh what do we do?