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The hackers you must fear...

No, not the skiddies. These kind of people...

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080703061212942C901462


"He was the thorn in the side of South Africa's four giant banks whose top cyber experts were left red-faced every time he hacked through several security features and accessed their "secure" banking accounts."

"In a single day on December 24 2005 he swiped R9,8-million from the account of a government department."

"I never needed the money, I was a software architect for a computer company where I was earning R80 000 a month. What I was doing was just for fun. It was the thrill of being able to do it,"

"...has a BSc degree in computer sciences from Rand Afrikaans University..."


http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/nexttech-fear-of-a-black-hat.html

"announced on a popular computer-security forum that he had 0days for Linux, HP-UX (the computer maker's popular Unix database software), Microsoft Windows, and Apache."

"...who works full time at HP..."

"...he saw nothing wrong with offering tools and techniques that targeted the company providing his paycheck..."

"An HP spokeswoman admitted the company has a rogue employee in France and said it was investigating along with the FBI."