Money Effects » Fraud http://www.moneyeffects.com How Money Affects Our Choices Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:58:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Credit cards and hacking the internet http://www.moneyeffects.com/2008/08/credit-cards-and-hacking-the-internet/ http://www.moneyeffects.com/2008/08/credit-cards-and-hacking-the-internet/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:47:57 +0000 admin http://www.moneyeffects.com/?p=45 I have a technology background and was an adult educator in that field.  One day, one of  my students/users asked me a question about how viruses are made, how hackers get into systems, etc., and I remember answering, “I don’t know — my mind doesn’t go there, so I’ve never had a desire to learn how to do that.”

This recent article is about how 11 people were charged with conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft after 41 million credit card numbers were hacked.  Some of the numbers were sold, and some of them were used by the hackers.

In my email box today, I received an article embedded in a techie-type newsletter that said that there’s a web page infected every 5 seconds on the web.  The websites affected are mostly business sites or the social networks.

I would love to see all that brain power that is focused on mischief and theft go towards helping society, and reclaiming the health of our bodies and our planet.

To your prosperity,

Sue

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