http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2011-05-22-cnbc-businesses-at-risk-of-hacking_n.htm By Peter Suciu CNBC.com May 24, 2011 Career criminal Willie Sutton is credited with saying that he robbed banks, "because that's where the money is," and while Sutton later claimed to have never uttered that infamous line, he did say in his autobiography that criminals "go where the money is … and go there often." Unfortunately for many businesses, today's Internet criminals seem to be going where the money is and they are, indeed, going there often — as the recent hacking of Sony's PlayStation Network has proven. Cyber crime experts say that virtually all businesses online are targets. "Money attracts criminals," says Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo, the maker of antivirus and firewall solutions for business. "The financial industry continues to suffer a lot from cyber crime attacks." Abdulhayoglu says that high-profile companies that rely on Internet for revenue are seeing an increase in attacks. One of the reasons this is happening is that there has been a shift from the lone hacker or specialized cyber criminal to criminal enterprises that are looking to make online attacks part of a new business model. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed May 25 2011 - 00:51:25 PDT
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