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To: 10K a day who wrote (120393)3/14/2001 5:25:03 PM
From: Victor Lazlo  Respond to of 164684
 
Interesting article regarding security on the internet.

"The stereotypical hacker is the blue-mohawked kid on a skateboard. He is not your problem. These kids end up in the headlines because they get caught," said Power. "The people stealing proprietary information are professionals, and they're much harder to catch."

Besides the extortionists being investigated by the FBI, organized crime rings are selling trade secrets to foreign competitors of U.S. businesses, said Bill Marlow, chief strategy officer for Global Integrity, a security firm in Reston, Va.

sfgate.com