Companies Tolerate Hacking

While surfing the web last night, I decided to check on the latest issues circling the digital planet, so I went on to visit some trusted computer web sites that can supply me valuable news on the current computer affairs. Most of the articles I've seen were for product reviews of the latest small ultraportable computers , mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, video recorders, firewall software and hardware, and a lot more. With regards to the news on computer activities, I was bored by news on countless product launches and computer meetings and conferences. Microsoft is really the software giant because most of the news contain details about the company and no less. I was hoping to see news about computer crimes but to my amazement and disappointment, there was no single article containing detail about arrested ID theft, detected new virus or spam protection. This might mean two things, either computer criminals became weary that they don't want to attack anymore or they are so sly and cunning that they are able to sneak on the media and the government's penetrating eyes. I hope that the former theory will be the reason so that we can sleep well on our bed during night time without the worry of spyware attacking our machines.

I visited more web sites and I was astonished and a bit confused with the news that they headlined, which I will be sharing to you guys now. The Motion Picture Association of America allegedly employed a hacker to ransacked the network of Valence Media and get valuable information from the company. Although the accused is still in denial even if the rage between two multimedia firms have been brought to court, the scary thing here is that, there are companies who are tolerating and asking the services of evil hackers for their own benefit. I'm not saying that MPAA did hire a criminal, it's just that if it's not MPAA, another company can still do it in the future. I don't know what's wrong with these guys but the news is as puzzling and as alarming.