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Credit crunch forcing software engineers into crime

December 6, 2008

Credit crunch forcing software engineers into crime

vnunet.com, By Phil Muncaster 

The Devil makes work for idle hands, according to Kaspersky Lab.

Unemployed software engineers could become the latest threat to corporate IT security, as the current economic slump forces many to turn to online crime, according to the chief executive of security firm Kaspersky Lab. Read more...

Credit crunch forcing software engineers into crime

Credit crunch forcing software engineers into crime
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