The rise of the digital thugs

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The newest big corporate menace: disgruntled techies, who find company secrets and will keep them, for a price.
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Silly piece
by TomTester August 8, 2005 5:28 AM PDT: Nether regions & back alleys, web bugs & hex editors? More populist writing from the NYT on a serious subject... (and the one real reason why you should secure your WiFi connection); Reply to this comment

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