Young, business-savvy hackers corner ransom market
30 October 2016 - 02:00
We tend to think of criminals as hardened men in masks climbing through windows to burgle homes and offices. In the world of cybercrime, they are more likely to be young hackers keeping to their own bedrooms, testing the limits of their computer skills. These stereotypes are seldom associated with a more sophisticated skill: business expertise.
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