| We have sure heard a lot about hackers these days | | | | owners for protection. If the business owner asked |
| and now they have found a new way to make | | | | protection from what the mafia would simply say from |
| money and to make you pay. Hacking used to be for | | | | us. |
| fun and again people would play, but not anymore | | | | It makes sense that modern day hackers would wish |
| says the cyber crime and FBI task force leader Mr. | | | | to get paid for their hacking skills and of course they |
| Day. The new technique being used is that the | | | | have turned from the fun to criminal intent. It is no |
| hackers will infect your computer with a virus, which | | | | longer about snooping or the thrill of sneaking into a |
| shuts down certain parts of your computer system | | | | computer system. |
| rendering your system useless. | | | | This is purely about extortion techniques and making |
| Then they contact you and tell you if you pay them | | | | money and having lots of money wired into their |
| and send money to a certain place and wire the | | | | accounts and then as quickly as they set them up |
| money into a certain account, they will unlock your | | | | they disappear with the money. It should not surprise |
| computer system so you can use it. This is a modern | | | | anybody that it has come to this and the FBI says |
| day hackers method of operation and I suppose it | | | | they are hot on their trail, but in reality they are not so |
| would be similar to the extortion tactics of the mob. | | | | easy to catch. Please consider all this in 2006. |
| Remember the mafia used to charge business | | | | |