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True Crime

mikeysnot

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2. they hack to hone their skills and for $$$

Reply to asiliveandbreathe (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 11:41 AM

Mar 2017

1. compromise computer for DDOS attacks. blackmail companies. send spam

2. Sending of SPAM, to steal credit cards no.

3. compromise websites and place their fake websites on unsuspecting web sites running CMS software., to steal CC numbers, look up PHARMA hack. or type in Buy viagra in google. Scroll to bottom and look for a spurse dot org and look at the listing, it is a compromised site, spurse is a web design company. their site is hacked.

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Wonder, do hackers hack for nothing? asiliveandbreathe Mar 2017 #1

they hack to hone their skills and for $$$ mikeysnot Mar 2017 #2

Tks Mikey - when I saw the Verizon wants to purchase - and they asiliveandbreathe Mar 2017 #3