[Year 12 IT Apps] Security threat takes Roses Only

[Geoff Moss]

A recent case for illustration about security for small businesses:  Roses Only online database has been compromised, leading to the theft of customers' credit card details.  Item from The Age, Sept 15:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hackers-raid-florists-database/2007/09/15/1189277023871.html

This link is a good case to follow up the Canadian Marketplace video "Can yuou hack it" referred to earlier in the year:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/the-iceman-stealeth/2007/09/12/1189276765929.html
where a conviction follows up on a case similar to what was being illustrated ion the program.

The following link shows the damgers of file-sharing programs.  Many victims were teenagers!
http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/man-used-filesharing-program-to-steal-data-money/2007/09/07/1188783469524.html

Geoff Moss
RMIT
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