For many years I worked for Foundstone teaching hacking classes and doing penetration testing. It was the most enjoyable job I ever had.
As part of that job, I traveled the world, including China, and got to determine firsthand which country had the best hackers. Although I didn’t travel to Russia during that time, lots of Russian-born hackers showed up in my classes.
Rumblings of cyberwar
Foreign hacking is top of mind right now, thanks to Russia’s attempts to shake up the U.S. presidential election. With a high degree of confidence, U.S. intelligence agencies say the highest levels of Russia’s government are behind the Democratic National Committee email leaks intended to embarrass Hillary Clinton. According to the reports I’ve read, most of these Russian hacks seems to be based on simple password phishing.
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