FBI: Hidden threat inside cybercrime

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Hacking and phishing tools could be used by terrorists, an FBI official claims.

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Beware the Underbelly
by nealda November 11, 2004 5:50 AM PST: "Terrorists have figured out that we have a technological soft underbelly."

He's talking about Windows, right?; Reply to this comment

Beware the Underbelly
by nealda November 11, 2004 5:50 AM PST: "Terrorists have figured out that we have a technological soft underbelly."

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