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Crime Ring Revelation Reveals Cybersecurity Conflict of Interest


Hyping cyber threats

It is not uncommon for cybersecurity companies to research and hype threats that could drive sales.

Credit: jeff_golden via flickr

A small cybersecurity firm claimed this summer to have uncovered a scam by Russian Internet thieves to amass a mountain of stolen information from 420,000 Web and FTP sites.

From Scientific American
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