[HIB]Australian hacker in guilty plea over banking info stealing software

Australia is not free of computer hackers on the dark side of the force, the black hat hackers who use their skills for criminal purposes, as opposed to the white hat hackers (or even the “real” hacker) whose journeys on the light side of the force lead them to help secure computer systems, networks and the Internet while simply enjoying the adventure of exploring life, technology and online. The local black hacker to hit the news is Anthony Scott Harris, aged 20 and from the coincidentally named suburb of “Black Forest” in the state of South Australia and its capital city of Adelaide. His creation of banking malware saw 3000 computers infected with software that could steal banking and credit card information, presumably with the intent of being used fraudulently at some future time after collection, or perhaps for sale in the underground economy, something well explored by security companies such as Symantec.

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