NYTimes: Hacking for Fun and Profit in China’s Underworld

An article in today's New York Times discusses the new national sport of China and Russia as cyberwarfare. 

Shouldn't we be concerned too? Perhaps training our kids in cybersecurity. 

"Indeed, in China — as in parts of Eastern Europe and Russia — computer hacking has become something of a national sport, and a lucrative one. There are hacker conferences, hacker training academies and magazines with names like Hacker X Files and Hacker Defense, which offer tips on how to break into computers or build a Trojan horse, step by step."

Hacking for Fun and Profit in China's Underworld

A young hacker let a reporter into his world of trolling for information that may one day be worth money.

http://s.nyt.com/u/edt

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