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This is stupid. Those guys are breaking e-mail accounts using exploits that were probably dumped on an IRC channel. That city is renowned for cybercrime, but i
by andreime 11y ago
This is stupid. Those guys are breaking e-mail accounts using exploits that were probably dumped on an IRC channel.
That city is renowned for cybercrime, but if you actually go beyond the media frenzy you find out that the vast majority are phishing and fake ebay accounts. They even brag about how they fool other people into buying fictional cars - I know this because I met some of these people.
There are no true hackers in HackersVille, only some people - journalists - who have almost no idea about how computers and the internet works but insist on refreshing this story every year.
- SpendBig 11y agoSocial engineering is also a hacking technique
- liviu 11y agoThis time has nothing to do with journalism, this is just a Norton campaign[0]. I think they present these scammers as "hackers" (or cyber criminals) only to scare some people, hoping they will buy (their) antivirus. [0] http://www.mostdangeroustown.com http://www.mostdangeroustown.com
- krisgenre 11y agoIn fact even the 'notorious' hacker Guccifer wasn't really that much skilled. As per Wikipedia he hacked email accounts by making guesses at security questions.