Joi Ito's Web - 日本語

僕は前から言っているんですが、ホームページの書き換えなんかよりも犯罪組織による金融業界への攻撃の方がよっぽど重要な問題。噂は昔から出てますが今回はワールドバンクの方が言っています。しかも表にその犯罪のニュースが出ないために口止め料まで払っている。ガートナーによると８０％の銀行に対するコンピュータ犯罪は警察には報告されないらしい。

Computerworld

Hacking syndicates threaten banking
By DAN VERTON
NOVEMBER 04, 2002

The number of organized hacking syndicates targeting financial institutions around the world is growing at a disturbingly fast rate. And so is the number of banks willing to pay these high-tech extortionists hush money to protect their reputations, according to a security expert at The World Bank.
Cases in which banks, brokerage firms and other financial institutions have quietly paid hacking syndicates extortion money are "extremely widespread," said Tom Kellermann, senior data risk management specialist at The World Bank in Washington. Kellermann, who co-authored a study on the electronic security risks facing the global financial community, presented the findings during an Oct. 29 online seminar sponsored by Cable & Wireless Internet Services Inc. in Vienna, Va.