This is stupid. Those guys are breaking e-mail accounts using exploits that were probably dumped on an IRC channel.<p>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.<p>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.
It was interesting but lacking any technical details.<p>Are there any analysis on the attacks done by these individuals?<p>Something juicy like the analysis done by Symantec and Kaspersky.
It's not so deep. The takeaway is that modern terrorism will go through wires. Today, the logistics needed to generate massive power failure able to damage severely the economy of all developed countries are arguably simpler than what's necessary to re-create a 9-11.<p>I think we should fear and get ready, unit testing and agile software are not enough. We need to make sure some systems are NOT reachable in any way via internet, we need formal methods and expensive secure designs.<p>I really hope terrorists never get smart enough to attack digital infrastructures.
this is just marketing<p>vice is selling sensationalism, and it's a far better story to pinpoint the hackers' lair on a map than to talk about real hacking. Real hacking comes from all over the world, including from governments and companies<p>norton is selling antivirus software, and it's in their interest to scare people instead of educate them<p>the funny thing is antiviruses don't really work against real hacking<p>understandint this better, it makes me wonder about news in general, how much do journalists care about the truth vs selling a story?