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Internet thieves make big money stealing corporate info
November 12, 2008

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By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY

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08112_corporate_intrusions1b_cropAn innocuous posting appeared on a Houston-based technology company’s internal website on a recent Friday afternoon.

A couple of workers saw it, and obeyed instructions to click on a Web link. The posting seemed trustworthy. It was on an employees-only message board. And the link referenced news about a favorite company charity.

GRAPHIC: Anatomy of a corporate data heist

By clicking on the …More

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Meet A-Z: The computer hacker behind a cybercrime wave
November 6, 2008

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By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY

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He goes by the nickname A-Z and is one of Russia’s bright young tech stars. He’s a crack programmer, successful entrepreneur and creator of sophisticated software tools that help his customers make millions.

Trouble is, A-Z’s masterstroke is a computer program called ZeuS that helps cybergangs steal people’s identity data and pull off Web scams on a vast scale. Last fall, German criminals used ZeuS to pull off an …More

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