IT students become minions for hackers

Organized cybercrime has now turned to hiring good students in the IT industry to make hacks in attacks.

Security firm McAfee calls this strategy a KGB-style tactic. This is a tactic used by the Russian Intelligence Agency during the Cold War.

The main goal of cyber criminals is now universities, IT clubs and online forums because they are easily "recruited" by more qualified undergraduates.

There are even cyber criminals who are willing to spend money on students in their sights to take part in additional IT training courses before "transplanting" those students into businesses. career.

McAfee said such students specialize in helping organized criminals to program new viruses, engage in theft of users 'personal information or money laundering to help increase criminals' profit margins. billions of dollars.

" Whether there is a lack of expertise or techniques to carry out the attacks, cyber criminals have a lot of money to hire people who are capable of helping them commit criminal acts ," warned McAfee.

McAfee's research also shows that there are a lot of people participating in the "online crime industry" because the industry has a low unemployment rate while the salary is quite high.

Internet security expert of FBI US Intelligence Department Dave Thomas said: " There are a lot of people watching the Internet as an opportunity to get a job, show their technical talents and feed their families ."

Cybercriminals are willing to pay very high salaries to those who can help them write viruses that can infect tens of thousands of PCs or can send a lot of spam without being detected.

But it is common for cyber criminals to prefer to hire students to make secret areas in larger businesses, McAfee concludes.

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