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Where the Dangers Are / The Threats to Information Security

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:51:12 -0400

Where the Dangers Are
The threats to information security that keep the experts up at night
-- and what businesses and consumers can do to protect themselves

By DAVID BANK and RIVA RICHMOND
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
July 18, 2005; Page R1

In the world of cybercrime, the bad guys are getting smarter -- and
more ambitious.

In recent months, hackers have carried out a flurry of increasingly
sophisticated attacks, highlighting the vulnerability of key computer
networks around the world.

Criminals penetrated the database of CardSystems Solutions Inc.,
nabbing up to 200,000 Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover
card numbers and potentially exposing tens of millions more. Leading
high-tech companies in Israel allegedly planted surveillance software
on the computers of their business rivals. British security officials
warned of a computer attack aimed at stealing sensitive information
from banks, insurers and other parts of that country's "critical
infrastructure."

Security experts fear things will only get worse. As technology gets
more complex, more vulnerabilities are springing up in computer
networks -- and more criminals, terrorists and mischief makers are
rushing to exploit them.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112128442038984802-lh_hMWcw_kpdRcSHfQ8KRQuAoZA_20060719,00.html

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