No So Mr Foster. I Am Not Pleased With You
Me, why? I didn’t have anything to do with it
Explain
Nothing to explain. My group doesn’t do that, and even if they did, so what.
What About the Viruses? I Read Every Day of New Computer Virus. They Must Be Stopped
Why? It’s all in good fun. Let ’em release them all they want.
They Will Hurt Our Plans
Bull. If anything, they help us.
How Is That?
Getting folks good and nervous. They’re beginning to wonder who they can trust. It sure as hell won’t be the government.
But It Is in the Papers
So?
The Banks Will Protect Themselves. They Will Seen What the Hackers Do and Make Our Job More Difficult
Not a chance. Listen, there are hundreds, maybe thousands or more of small time hackers who poke around computers all the time. Sometimes they do some damage, but most of the time they are in it for the thrill. The challenge. They are loosely organized at best. Maybe a few students at a university, or high school who fancy themselves computer criminals. Most of them wouldn’t know what to do with the information if they took it.
The only reason this one hit the papers is because First is under investigation anyway, some fraud stuff. Literally thousands of computers are attacked every day, yet those don’t appear in the paper or TV. It’s kind of like rape. Companies don’t want to admit they’ve been violated. And since damage has been limited, at least as far as the scale upon which we function, it’s a non-issue. I DO NOT SEE IT THAT WAY.
Well, that’s the way it is. There are maybe a half dozen well coordinated hacking groups who care to cause damage. The rest of them, ignore them. They’re harmless.