BBC on Internet Security
BBC - 3 December 2007
Asia is seeing rapid rise of internet users at over 30% a year, and it is among the fastest rate of growth anywhere in the world. But growing even faster are the numbers of cybercrimes in the region. According to security experts, internet crime in Asia have already jumped 65% so far this year, as Mariko Oi reports.
A hacker at work, 28-year old Fabrice Marie makes a living by breaking into networks. He targets banks, multinationals, and even governments, but he is not a criminal. Fabrice Marie: "If we are recruited to hack into the networks, the idea is after they implemented the changes that we proposed, hackers of the same level like us won't be able to penetrate (the networks) anymore."
Asia is seeing rapid rise of internet users at over 30% a year, and it is among the fastest rate of growth anywhere in the world. But growing even faster are the numbers of cybercrimes in the region. According to security experts, internet crime in Asia have already jumped 65% so far this year, as Mariko Oi reports.
A hacker at work, 28-year old Fabrice Marie makes a living by breaking into networks. He targets banks, multinationals, and even governments, but he is not a criminal. Fabrice Marie: "If we are recruited to hack into the networks, the idea is after they implemented the changes that we proposed, hackers of the same level like us won't be able to penetrate (the networks) anymore."
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