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ORGANISED CRIMEAlso known as "black-hat" hacking, this involves creating software that can infect personal computers, steal passwords and security codes, and also misdirect users to fake banking websites to provide their security details.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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ORGANISED CRIMEAlso known as "black-hat" hacking, this involves creating software that can infect personal computers, steal passwords and security codes, and also misdirect users to fake banking websites to provide their security details.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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The OECD warns that black-hat hacking is usually targeted at personal computers rather than large financial companies, because of the rising levels of cardless online transactions made by consumers.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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Once people's account numbers and personal details have been obtained, it is easy for black-hat hackers to commit identity theft by applying, for instance, for credit cards in the names of others.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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So in the panel discussions we try to make sense of that simplistic black-hat/white-hat story.
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Once people's account numbers and personal details have been obtained, it is easy for black-hat hackers to commit identity theft by applying, for instance, for credit cards in the names of others.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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It can be read to encompass not only the black-hat hackers and identity thieves the law was intended to cover, but also those who have not engaged in any activity that can or should be considered a "computer crime."
Leslie Harris: Knocking the Rust off of the Anti-Hack Act Leslie Harris 2011
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The OECD warns that black-hat hacking is usually targeted at personal computers rather than large financial companies, because of the rising levels of cardless online transactions made by consumers.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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It can be read to encompass not only the black-hat hackers and identity thieves the law was intended to cover, but also those who have not engaged in any activity that can or should be considered a "computer crime."
Leslie Harris: Knocking the Rust off of the Anti-Hack Act Leslie Harris 2011
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The white-hat, black-hat casting couch has become crowded with gray hats.
House Afire Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2010
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