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March 13, 2006
Invasion of the computer snatchers
Brian Krebs wrote a great article for the Washington Post giving a detailed account of one hacker's journey to rob personal information from private computers via the web. Not only that, the invaded computers then become his "slaves," infected with viruses that harass the owners with pornographic website advertisements. This gives an interesting perspective - the life of the invader.
Krebs also participated in an online discussion in which he details the best methods for protecting yourself from identity theft and the stealing of personal information from your computer.
Posted by Meredith Mazzotta at March 13, 2006 04:22 PM
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