http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cybercrime-boss-offers-a-ferrari-for-hacker-who-dreams-up-the-biggest-scam-9349931.html
By Paul Peachey
Crime Correspondent
The Independent
11 May 2014
The leader of a global cybercrime syndicate offered his associates a
Ferrari for the hacker who came up with the best scam, according to a
senior European security source.
The gift – made on a professionally produced video hidden in a dark recess
of the internet – formed the basis of a bizarre "employee of the month"
competition for the organised crime gang. On the tape, a presenter is
pictured in a car showroom alongside a Porsche, a Ferrari and glamorous
female assistants who offer the prize for the most successful hacker.
Troels Oerting, the head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), said
this was a sign of the lengths that organised crime will go to recruit and
retain young technological talent.
The scheme – operated from an unspecified eastern European destination –
highlights the huge rewards on offer for relative risk-free criminal
operations that can net the masterminds millions of pounds from countries
that operate as safe havens – far beyond the reach of European security
officials.
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