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Shadowy Russian Firm Seen as Conduit for Cybercrime - washingtonpost.com
In another recent report, the Cupertino, Calif.-based security firm Symantec said that the Russian Business Network is responsible for hosting Web sites that carry out a major portion of the worlds cybercrime and profiteering.

The company “is literally a shelter for all illegal activities, be it child pornography, online scams, piracy or other illicit operations,” Symantec analysts wrote in a report. “It is alleged that this organized cyber crime syndicate has strong links with the Russian criminal underground as well as the government, probably accomplished by bribing officials.”

Evidently you have to prove you’re a criminal before they’ll host you.

We’re talking about a country where the intelligence and police communities are so closely tied to the various Russian mobs that you need a scorecard to tell them apart.
Why does anyone seem surprised?

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