A huge increase in Net crime is only part of the picture. The bigger distress for many organizations is that they are now being individually targeted by criminals using sophisticated technology.

As Russian and Georgian soldiers were flinging explosive artillery shells at each other, both sides in the South Ossetia clash were plus exploiting the very latest in cyber aggression, using techniques honed by professional gangsters specializing in online crime.

Although the attacks are largely untraceable, both

sides are pointing the finger firmly at each other. Russian reports claim that South Ossetian government sites were brought down by Georgian hackers. But Georgian institutions, including government departments and the National Bank, have additionally suffered a string of attacks. Georgia’s foreign ministry is posting all news subject matter to the Polish President’s Web site after its own was taken out when President Mikheil Saakashvili’s pages were replaced with pictures of Adolf Hitler. […]

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