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| » 21 May 2009 |
| Online Outlaws: Russia's Cyber Terrorists |
| Cyber crime has been worsening globally since the beginning of this decade and hackers from Russia have earned the reputation of being called the most dangerous hackers in the world. Though several countries have confirmed that Russian cyber terrorists threaten the security of their networks and websites on a daily basis, these criminals remain elusive and impossible to apprehend. A recent web interview by Russian Today with an anonymous Russian professional hacker has revealed quite a bit about his underground trade and why cyber crime is so rampant in today's digital age. For one thing, he points out that nearly everything in the world is reliant on computers nowadays, which gives hackers a lot of leeway in doing their job. Because phones, bank cards, personal information, and many other things are connected through the Internet or available via a computer or operating system, the world has figuratively become a hacker's personal playground. After all, anything running on a computer system or a network of computers can be breached into and destroyed. According to the interviewed hacker, because of today's innovations, nothing is safe. Hackers often do their hacking for the money. But people will be surprised to know that, more often than not, the adrenaline rush of invading systems and not getting caught is what drives their curious minds, sort of like how people would romanticize a thief's life or a pirate's life. In the past few years, the United States has been victimized time and again by Russian hackers. These cyber criminals slipped into the systems of many major American companies and even the Pentagon's online network. America is a target for not only Russian hackers, but hackers in general or even hackers within America itself because the country is known as the central hub of computer technology. The interviewed hacker arrogantly avowed to Russia Today that, "I don't know if Americans are afraid of us, but we're definitely not afraid of them." He then claims that nearly half of his country is full of hackers like him, so he has no reason to be frightened by Americans. They can freely steal the software and computer-related products in the U.S., and he implies that there is little to nothing that Americans can do to stop his and other hackers' rampant cyber terrorism. The Russian authorities' cyber crime division, Department K, has warned repeatedly that Russian hackers are among the strongest and most skilled cyber terrorists in the world today because it's extremely hard to catch any hacker, much less Russian hackers, red-handed. |
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