A new research by the security company McAfee revealed that  groups of cyber criminals are recruiting young computer students using tactics echoing those employed by the KGB during  the cold war. The report, which is based on several contributions from Europe's leading hi-tech crime units and the FBI, highlights a new trend among cyber crime organizations that are now recruiting top students from leading academic institutions to provide them with the skills they need to commit hi-tech crime on a mass scale.Money, desire for challenges and the possibility to enter the “world of hacking” and get a sort of “celebrity status”, are attractive elements for teens.

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